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> [we're responsible for our own lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-re-responsible-for-our-own-lives/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done.We alone are responsible for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/everything-that-happens-to-us-is-the-result-of-what-we-ourselves-have/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [“we, individually, are responsible for everything in our lives, no matter the external circumstances”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-manson/we-individually-are-responsible-for-everything-in-our-lives-no-matter/)

[Mark Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-manson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc3/mark-manson-537_individually_we-individually-are-responsible-for-ever_2313435.jpg)

> [We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisabeth-kubler-ross/we-need-to-teach-the-next-generation-of-children-from-day-one-that-2/)

[Elisabeth Kubler-Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisabeth-kubler-ross/)

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> [“we must help ourselves. That after destiny has delivered what it delivers, we are responsible for our lives. We can choose to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheryl-strayed/we-must-help-ourselves-that-after-destiny-has-delivered-what-it/)

[Cheryl Strayed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheryl-strayed/)

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> [When we all depart from this Earth and meet our Maker, hopefully, we're going to be responsible for the lives that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-roumie/when-we-all-depart-from-this-earth-and-meet-our-maker-hopefully-we-re/)

[Jonathan Roumie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-roumie/)

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> [“Instead of letting others the power to decide our failures or our success, every decision that we take will impact the life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogo-fino/instead-of-letting-others-the-power-to-decide-our-failures-or-our/)

[Diogo Fino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogo-fino/)

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> [At the end of the day, we are responsible for our own lives. If anything happens to us, don't blame somebody else.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-hayes/at-the-end-of-the-day-we-are-responsible-for-our-own-lives-if/)

[Isaac Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-hayes/)

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> [My own interest is the responsibility of people to be responsible for their own lives and, with their neighbors, for their public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-hess/my-own-interest-is-the-responsibility-of-people-to-be-responsible-for/)

[Karl Hess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-hess/)

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