Personal responsibility Quote by Adam M. Grant

“By giving away credit, Meyer compromised his visibility. “For a long time, George’s towering contribution to what some see as the most important TV…

— Adam M. Grant

“Admire the habits and accomplishments of other authors, but not to the extend it depresses or distracts you from accomplishing your own goals.”

— Sarah Gerdes

“Because he had been- and in many ways still was- such a brilliant man, he no doubt understood the nature of his memory problem.…

— Yoko Ogawa

“His talent was to express his readers’ most stupid and ignorant prejudices as if they made sense, so that the shameful seemed respectable. That…

— Ken Follett

“He praised his own achievements, not without cause but without end.”

— Seneca the Younger

“He’d just been awarded his master’s degree, and he was more or less pure hearted and well intentioned; his actions and decisions were dictated…

— Grant Ginder

“did not blame others for his own stupidity; he learned from his mistake and became stronger for it.”

— Mildred D. Taylor

“Whether we forget something we are not proud of, or embellish it, or blame somebody else, we want to save face by not owning…

— Karen Horney

“Katz couldn't have said exactly why Walter mattered to him. No doubt part of it was simply an accident of grandfathering: of forming an…

— Jonathan Franzen

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.”

— Stephen King

“We listened to the man because he had something to tell us, and us alone. Not how to play baseball, though he did that…

— Michael Lewis