“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.”
"I don’t know what I think until I write it down."
- Joan Didion
Self-awareness
"I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear."
- Joan Didion
Self-awareness
"Character — the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life — is the source from which self-respect springs."
- Joan Didion
Integrity
"I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be."
- Joan Didion
Personal Growth
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live."
- Joan Didion
Inspiration
"We have raised the bar. … But that doesn’t raise it just for the youth. That raises it for the parents, who have the primary responsibility for teaching their children principles. That raises it for the leaders. That raises it for the teachers. We’ve all got to take a step up in a world that is unraveling as fast as this one is."
- President M. Russell Ballard
Responsibility
"Obstacles can’t stop you. Problems can’t stop you. People can’t stop you. Only you can stop you."
- Unknown
Responsibility
"Life comes at a cost. Wouldn’t it be arrogant to die before you’ve repaid that debt?"
- Yuuji Kazami
Responsibility
"You can’t win a game by doing nothing. And if someone else wins it for you then you haven’t accomplished anything. Life is the same way."
- Junichirou Kagami
Responsibility
"Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country."
- John F. Kennedy
Responsibility