Richard Bach Quotes

If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

We are each responsible for all of our experiences.

Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it's you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

As long as you blame someone or something else - something outside you that's bigger than you are - as the source of your problems, the problems won't get solved.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves.

It's not my style to blame anybody else.

Everybody is responsible for their own actions. It's easy to point the finger at somebody else, but a real man, a real woman, a real person knows when it's time to take the blame and when to take responsibility for their own actions.

Blame is a neat little device that you can use whenever you don't want to take responsibility for something in your life. Use it and you will avoid all risks and impede your own growth.

I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting.

I've no regrets. You take responsibility for your actions.

I take complete and sole responsibility for my present situation.

One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

You've got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they're told that what they're doing is harming their own life or whatever, you cannot make someone do it unless that person reaches the point where they know that they have to deal with it themselves.

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.

When you go independent, if you fail, you're totally responsible for it. If you succeed, you're totally responsible for it. You are responsibly for who you are... and what you do and what you make.

When you blame others, you give up your power to change.

Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.

Stop blaming the world—look inside!

I'm a grown man. I don't point fingers.

While I fully recognize I had made a mistake in the whole relationship, and I'll call it a human error, I hesitate to call myself a victim because I strongly believe one should take responsibility for their actions.

All real difficulty stems from no responsibility. Full responsibility is not fault; it is recognition of being cause.