Shane MacGowan Quotes

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.

What is nice about this sport is that I am responsible for most everything.

I am responsible for no one but myself.

I'm not sure there are a lot of things I'd want a manager for. I suppose I feel that at least the decisions I make are coming from me, and I'm not put into a situation that I wouldn't want to be in.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

Nobody's going to help me when I get in that ring. That's how I like it: the responsibility's on me, and whatever happens is down to me, nobody else.

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

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

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.

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend.

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.

When one has genuinely chosen a course for oneself it cannot be possible to hold another responsible for it.

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

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

I like track and field for the simple reason that I determine my own outcome. I don't rely on my coach or the president or the CEO making a decision. I'm kind of like the CEO of my own corporation.

We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.

Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make. Period.

You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.

Don't let nobody take care of your business better than you.