Seth Godin Quotes

It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you.

Carefully avoid all undertakings which depends on others; but let him eagerly pursue that which depends on himself.

We want to control our own destiny and take responsibility for our own outcomes.

Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

I make all my own decisions and I take full responsibility.

You don't want to depend on an editor. If you want to regret something for the rest of your life, you want to make sure you're responsible for it.

The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.

My dad has no control over who works with me. Me, me and me alone has to take responsibility for anything.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

If you make up your own mind, you can only blame yourself.

If you live your life as a hostage to everybody else's decision, you either have to live a very narrow life, or you have to spend a lot of time in pain.

I'm all about owning your life.

We always did everything ourselves.

No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I would raise flags on all public buildings to celebrate the chance I had to make that decision.

Athos liked every one to exercise his own free-will. He never gave his advice before it was demanded and even then it must be demanded twice. "In general, people only ask for advice," he said "that they may not follow it or if they should follow it that they may have somebody to blame for having given it".

Take responsiblilty for yourself because no one's going to take responsibility for you.

There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives

We [must] realize that our future lies chiefly in our own hands.

I will not surrender responsibility for my life and my actions.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.

If you let other people do it for you, they will do it to you.

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision.

I enjoy making the decisions.

I want to go out on my terms.

I don't want to be a passenger in my own life.