Edgar Mitchell Quotes

In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'

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.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

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.

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

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

Human beings should be held accountable. Leave God alone. He has enough problems.

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.

I think that's probably one of my favorite things - learning and creating incredible relationships and making mistakes and being responsible for that.

We must look within ourselves, become responsible and provide fresh solutions if we ever want to do more than complain,or make excuses.

Any damage that's been done, you have to fix yourself because it needs fixing and there is nobody else to do the work. Blame may well be justified, but it's not going to move you forward in your life.

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.

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

A secure individual...knows that the responsibility for anything concerning his life remains with himself-and he accepts that responsibility.

Taking responsibility for your own life is not a Left wing idea

You have yourself to blame.

Maturity begins on the day we accept responsibility for our own actions.

You don't have to be 'adults'... but be someone who can take responsibility for their own words and actions. Believe it or not, that's actually harder.

Nothing save divine power is capable of doing so much for man as he can for himself.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.

Your paycheck is not your employer's responsibility, it's your responsibility. Your employer has no control over your value, but you do.

Responsibility to yourself means that you don't fall for shallow and easy solutions-it means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short.

Taking responsibility nurtures self-confidence, and self-confidence can help you to be a more interesting and attractive person. And best of all, the more you believe in yourself, the more power you possess to attract your good. . . . Those who speak constantly of their right to freedom must understand that an irresponsible act does not bring greater freedom but only greater bondage to the action. One law of life says, "If we are to enjoy freedom, we must accept responsibility." A great awareness is expressed in this statement.

Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better.

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.