Adam Granduciel Quotes

It is easier to do one's duty to others than to one's self. If you do your duty to others, you are considered reliable. If you do your duty to yourself, you are considered selfish.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.

I think that getting responsibility and structure are huge parts of growing up.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

Responsibility for me is to be myself - which is not perfect.

I don't want to let anyone down and I don't want to let myself down.

The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.

The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

If I could give one tip for people - it's not an exercise or nutrition regimen. It's to walk your talk and believe in yourself, because at the end of the day, the dumbbell and diet don't get you in shape. It's your accountability to your word.

Abasement, degradation is simply the manner of life of the man who has refused to be what it is his duty to be.

Today, the biggest challenge we must meet is the one we present to ourselves. To not become a nation that places entitlement ahead of accomplishment. To not become a country that places comfortable lies ahead of difficult truths. To not become a people that thinks so little of ourselves that we demand no sacrifice from each other.

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.

You figure out what your standards are, and I think that's important.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

I was raised with the idea of maximum effort: as long as you could look in the mirror and say, 'I gave it everything I had,' it was OK. But if you gave it less, that would disgrace you.

My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'

I think one of the defining moments of adulthood is the realization that nobody's going to take care of you. That you have to do the heavy lifting while you're here. And when you don't, well, you suffer the consequences.

I try to be the best man I can for the day.

Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.

Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.

Now, I'm getting a little older, got more responsibility, I don't need to be depressed.