Personal responsibility

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Chiefly, the mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

Francis Bacon

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Personal responsibility Locus of control

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

Of Fortune Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1625 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis "Of Fortune." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Fortune." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Character, not circumstances, makes the man.

Booker T. Washington

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Character Overcoming obstacles Personal responsibility

Speaker

Booker T. Washington

Source

Democracy and Education

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1896 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Washington, Booker T. "Democracy and America." 30 Sept. 1896, Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie
Which we ascribe to heaven.

William Shakespeare

All’s Well that Ends Well

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Solving problems Personal responsibility Locus of control Free will Fate

Speaker

Helena

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

All’s Well that Ends Well

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "All's Well that Ends Well." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "All's Well That Ends Well." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 1.

Man, being condemned to be free carries the weight of the whole world on his shoulders; he is responsible for the world and himself as a way of being.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Being and Nothingness

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Topic

Downsides of freedom Freedom Personal responsibility

Author

Jean-Paul Sartre

Source

Being and Nothingness

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1943 1940s 20th century

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Original Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Le etre et le neant: Essai d'ontologie phenomenologique [Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology]. Librairie Gallimard, 1943, pt. 4, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Sartre, Jean Paul. Being and Nothingness, translated by Sarah Richmond. Washington Square Press, 2021, pt. 4, ch. 1.

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took an excuse.

Florence Nightingale

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Buck stops here Success Excuses Personal responsibility

Speaker

Florence Nightingale

Source

Letters of Florence Nightingale

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1861 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Nightingale, Florence. Letter to Miss H. Bonham Carter. 1861.

America, at its best, is a place where personal responsibility is valued and expected. Encouraging responsibility is not a search for scapegoats, it is a call to conscience. And though it requires sacrifice, it brings a deeper fulfillment. We find the fullness of life not only in options, but in commitments.

George W. Bush

First Inaugural Address of George W. Bush

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Personal responsibility

Speaker

George W. Bush

Source

First Inaugural Address of George W. Bush Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Bush, George W. "First Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 2001, West Front, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Life is what we make of it. Always has been, always will be.

Grandma Moses

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Agency Personal responsibility Life

Author

Grandma Moses

Source

Grandma Moses: My Life's History

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1951 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Grandma Moses. Grandma Moses: My Life's History, edited by Otto Kallir. Harper & Brothers, 1951.

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

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Personal responsibility

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Source

Speeches of Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1892 1890s 19th century

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Original Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. "The Solitude of Self." Congress meeting. 18 Jan. 1892, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady. The Solitude of Self. Paris Press, 2000.

A person can be expected to act responsibly only if he has responsibility. This is human nature. So let us encourage individuals at home and nations abroad to do more for themselves, to decide more for themselves. Let us locate responsibility in more places. Let us measure what we will do for others by what they will do for themselves.

Richard Nixon

Second Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon

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Personal responsibility

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Richard Nixon

Source

Second Inaugural Address of Richard Nixon Presidential inaugural address

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Nixon, Richard. "Second Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1973, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It is... Time to get back to basics: to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family, and not shuffling it off on the state.

John Major

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Personal responsibility Politics

Author

John Major

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

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Major, John. Speech at the Conservative Party Conference. Conservative Pary Conference. 8 Oct. 1993, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK.

Whatever good visits thee, it is of God; whatever evil visits thee is of thyself.

Muhammad

The Quran

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Goodness of God God Personal responsibility

Speaker

Muhammad

Source

The Quran

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Arabic

Time

632 630s 7th century

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Original Citation

The Quran. c. 630, 4:79.

Current Citation

The Quran, translated by M. A. S. Abdel Haleem. Oxford University Press, 2005, ch. 4.