Responsibility

From the book The Best of Success, compiled by Wynn Davis:

Responsibility -  The fulfillment of your dreams lies within you and you alone. When you understand and accept this, then nothing, or no one, can deny you greatness. The power to succeed or fail is yours. And no one can take that away.

"Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility...In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have...is the ability to take on responsibility."
   -  Michael Korda

"Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself."
   -  Henry Ward Beecher

"Nothing happens by itself...It all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions."
   -  Ben Stein