Quotes about Responsibility

Just a minute, Esther. Slow down and listen to me. How can Hashem answer such a prayer in the middle of a war? We are the ones who started this war, not Him. People are not puppets that Hashem controls, making us do whatever He wants. Nor can He be manipulated to do whatever we ask of Him. Human beings chose to start this war, and that means we are responsible for putting the people we love in danger, not Him. But Hashem can bring good from this, even if we cannot see it.

Because we're not free when there are no boundaries—we're in great danger.

No, Engelena. Don't blame yourself. Adam and Eve had a perfect parent, yet they rebelled.

I don't think it's right to unburden your own heart by laying the load on someone else's. Some secrets are better left untold.

While my heart wants to say yes, the reality of my time makes this a no." I've learned the best "no" answers are graciously honest.

there are natural consequences for not taking care of our bodies.

Today's choices become tomorrow's circumstances.

do. "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.

Maybe you've been entrusted with this. Not cursed with it.

The…destructive…message is that the parents don't trust their children to do what they are supposed to do whether it be learning to fall asleep on their own, figuring out how to safely climb a tree, or remembering to do the homework assignment. This message is especially harmful. Children cannot believe in themselves if the most important people in their lives don't believe in them.

But weeping with them and rejoicing with them does not mean trying to take control of their out-of-control choices and behaviors. We can forgive them. But we cannot control them. And we should not enable them.

Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given, and then sink yourself into that. Don't be impressed with yourself. Don't compare yourself with others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life.