Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Quotes

Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.

we're responsible for our own lives.

Don't blame anyone or anything for your situation or problems. When you do that, you are saying that you are powerless over your own life—which is utter crap. An empowering step to reclaiming your life is taking responsibility.

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

I don't think anyone has made me except myself. I think I have done it on my own.

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

The one with the primary responsibility to the individual's future is that individual.

Man must assume responsibility for the direction of his life and destiny.

Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our identities, our responsibilities.

I tell all kids and the girls growing up that you control your own life, you control your destiny - not where you're born, not who your parents are.

No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I would raise flags on all public buildings to celebrate the chance I had to make that decision.

You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.

I always feel bad for those who, in a sense, cede their authority to others, let others make major decisions about their life and actually believe them. When you're tiny, you have no choice. But as soon as your mind starts working, you pretty well figure it out. And you realize you're a hostage until you're old enough to leave. But as long as you have that goal - I will get out of here - you'll be OK.

Fortunately for me, I'm still evolving into the person I'm supposed to be. And though they don't know it yet, and may not come to accept it, I'm done living by their protocols or anyone else's. I'm the only one who will take credit for my successes. And I'm the only one who will take the blame for my mistakes. From now on, I live for me.

To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.

I feel very strongly in my opinion that everyone is responsible to themselves for what they do.

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

The only person who is going to give you security and the life you want is you.

If I cling to circumstances I could feel not responsible. Only she who says she did not choose, is the loser in the end.

Independence is the recognition of the fact that yours is the responsibility of judgement and nothing can help you escape it - that no substitute can do your thinking, as no pinch-hitter can live your life.

If the whole responsibility is thrown upon our own shoulders, we shall be at our highest and best; when we have nobody to grope towards, no devil to lay our blame upon, no Personal God to carry our burdens, when we are alone responsible, then we shall rise to our highest and best. I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil.

One of the first things successful people realize is the old adage, “If it is to be, it is up to me.” That is, for you, the fact that your success and your course is up to you. This doesn’t mean that you do it all alone. It simply means that you take responsibility for your life and your career.

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

If you are going to live life on your own terms, there need to be terms, and somehow you need to live up to them.

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