I started reading about people of great accomplishment ... and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.

You alone are responsible for what you do, don’t do, or how you respond to what’s done to you.

You are not the cause of everything that happens to you, but you are responsible for how you respond to everything that happens to you.

What happens outide of you has an influence. Yet what happens within you has the final say.

It is not what happens to you in life that makes the difference. It is how you react to each circumstance you encounter that determines the result. Every human being in the same situation has the possibilities of choosing how he will react -either positively or negatively.

It is not what happens to you in life that makes the difference. It is how you react to each circumstance you encounter that determines the result. Every human being in the same situation has the possibilities of choosing how he will react - either positively or negatively.

Whether you flounder or flourish is always in your hands — you are the single biggest influence in your life. Your journey begins with a choice to get up, step out, and live fully.

When you make a choice, understand that it is your choice, you’re doing it and I’m the person that you hurt.

Every person, all the events in your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

The fault lies with us, and only us. It’s not fate, not genetics, not bad luck, and it’s definitely not Mom and Dad. Ultimately it’s us and our choices. But, but’ – now her eyes shone and she almost vibrated with excitement – ‘the most powerful, spectacular thing is that the solution rests with us as well. We’re the only ones who can change our lives, turn them around. So all those years waiting for someone else to do it are wasted.

Ultimately, you alone are responsible for the choices and decisions you make. Your future ultimately depends on what you do with your present. It's those small decisions, those choices that can change your life forever.

You are as responsible for what you let happen as for the actions you share.

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

You don’t control the outcome, only your effort.
You don’t choose their opinions, only your actions.
You don’t decide whether it hurts, only what it means.