Ann Landers Quotes

Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.

Responsibility educates.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Most of us don't mind doing what we ought to do when it doesn't interfere with what we want to do, but it takes discipline and maturity to do what we ought to do whether we want to or not.

Anything which tends to bring a greater sense of responsibility to individuals should be encouraged.

He instilled in me to be patient and understanding - my father would always hold me accountable, he taught me the importance of following things through, being responsible.

We need to hold ourselves accountable for the work we do and the choices we make.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not.

There's only one law you gotta follow to keep outta trouble. Do it first, do it yourself, and keep on doin' it.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

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.

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.

I was always the type of person that whenever I started something I finished it. And, I was always held accountable for my actions.

In my business, if you look good, no one is going to be checking up on whether you work out. So it's up to me.

But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility, and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry is own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.

In your pursuit of your passions, always be young. In your relationship with others, always be grown-up. Set a standard, and stay faithful to it.

It's absolutely true that unless you can instill discipline upon yourself, you will never be able to lead others.

You need responsibility in life.

I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

You have to be an adult; there is no sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself.

Self-government won't work without self-discipline.