What is particularly striking about his reconstruction and criticisms of the traditional account of friendship is that he finds it deficient not only by the light of his own Christian viewpoint; he also finds friendship deficient when judged from the perspective of its own self-proclaimed ethical foundations. Thus, Kierkegaard concludes that the reciprocity involved in friendship actually betrays its essential selfishness.
Graham SmithTags: friendship despair responsibility kiekegaard
Human freedom involves our capacity to pause between the stimulus and response and, in that pause, to choose the one response toward which we wish to throw our weight. The capacity to create ourselves, based upon this freedom, is inseparable from consciousness or self-awareness. (p. 100)
Rollo MayTags: pause freedom responsibility creating-oneself
From the ethical point of view, no one can escape responsibility with the excuse that he is only an individual, on whom the fate of the world does not depend. Not only can this not be known objectively for certain, because it is always possible that it will depend precisely on the individual, but this kind of thinking is also made impossible by the very essence of ethics, by conscience and the sense of responsibility.
György LukácsTags: politics history ethics responsibility
Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.
Adrienne RichTags: empowerment women feminism self-respect self-determination responsibility independent-thought critical-thinking
Never compromise your values.
Steve MaraboliTags: life inspirational truth choice values responsibility accountability
It’s time to care; it’s time to take responsibility; it’s time to lead; it’s time for a change; it’s time to be true to our greatest self; it’s time to stop blaming others.
Steve MaraboliTags: motivational inspirational change responsibility leadership caring true-to-yourself blaming-others
As for the journey of life; at some point you will realize that YOU are the driver and you will drive!
Steve MaraboliTags: life journey responsibility inspiratonal accountability
If you hang out with chickens, you're going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you're going to fly.
Steve MaraboliTags: motivational life inspirational success friends purpose responsibility accountability
The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.
Steve MaraboliTags: motivational life responsibility accountability doing-right
Eliza: The problem with YOU is that you don't take the RESPONSIBILITY for anything@ You think you can just run around, doing whatever you want to whoever you want, and that it's going to be fine. That everything is just going to be TAKE CARE of for you, with no consequences.
Cooper: No. I don't, and I have had consequences from what happened with me and you.
Eliza: Yeah? Like what?
Cooper: I lost you, that was my consequence.
Tags: love lost hurt responsibility consequences
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