Jean Kennedy Smith Quotes

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

If you want to work as a head coach and to lead a group of people there is no option to feel sorry for yourself or to complain about fate conspiring against you.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

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

When you have people catering to you non-stop, you lose it. You need someone to kick you in the butt every now and then!

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

One of the most essential yet the hardest truths that I have had to learn is that every person should be his own hardest task-master.

Never complain. Never explain.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.

I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.

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

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

Kids have been let down by adults - we've tried to give them too much, we've tried not to impose discipline. We've tried to make their lives easier and, in doing so, we've taken something away from them. Kids like boundaries, they also like to be pushed, need to learn what failure is all about, need guidance.

I like people who take responsibility for their lives.

Never complain and never explain.

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

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

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future... but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don't let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean.

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

In terms of instilling the values of mental toughness and work ethic, discipline is the gift that keeps on giving.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.