Ability Quote by Stephen Covey

Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.

— Stephen Covey

Being proactive is more than taking initiative. It is recognizing that we are responsible for our own choices and have the freedom to choose…

— Stephen Covey

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances,…

— Anonymous

For a person to feel responsible for his actions, he must sense that the behavior has flowed from the self.

— Stanley Milgram

“It’s the nature of reactive people to absolve themselves of responsibility. It’s so much safer to say, “I am not responsible.” If I say…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about. The nature of their…

— Stephen R. Covey

“Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values—carefully thought about, selected and internalized…

— Stephen R. Covey

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

— Nicolas Cage

“This is another basis for my frequent claim, “You are an architect of your experience.” You are indeed partly responsible for your actions, even…

— Lisa Feldman Barrett

People regulate their level and distribution of effort in accordance with the effects they expect their actions to have. As a result, their behavior…

— Albert Bandura

A mind willing to take responsibility for his or her own actions, is supported by a personality of great change.

— Joseph Mercado

“As a general principle, people feel more responsible for their actions than they do for their inactions. If we are going to err at…

— Joseph T. Hallinan