Henry Cloud Quotes

Taking on responsibilities that properly belong to someone else means behaving irresponsibly toward yourself. You need to know where you end and someone else begins. You need to understand boundaries. You need to know what is and is not up to you, what is and is not in your control, what is and is not your responsibility.

You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.

You can't be responsible for the way people respond to you. You're only responsible for yourself.

I'm a grown man. I don't point fingers.

As a man and as a sports figure, you have to set limits and set boundaries on what can and cannot happen. Once you do that, your family will start to respect you. 'OK, I get it, he's all about football and handling his business,' and that's what I've done. In the past, when I was a young man - a younger man - it was hard for me to say no. Since I'm older, wiser, I know how to handle people, know how to say no, know when something is right and something wrong. I use proper judgment.

People always say, "I don't mean to do this . . . ," and then they do it! If you don't mean to touch on something, then don't touch on it. That's how I feel.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits.

As novices, we think we're entirely responsible for the way people treat us. I have long since learned that we are responsible only for the way we treat people.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.

I have a rigid self-accountability. You have to work hard.

If you're offended, it's your problem.

Part of being a man is learning to take responsibility for your successes and for your failures. You can't go blaming others or being jealous. Seeing somebody else's success as your failure is a cancerous way to live.

I believe everybody is responsible for what they do themselves.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.

I'm really only responsible for my own actions.

I don't like saying 'no' to people, and I'm going to have to learn how to say 'no' more.

The more control you have over your life, the more responsible you feel for your own success - or failure.

Every human being must have boundaries in order to have successful relationships or a successful performance in life.

When one has genuinely chosen a course for oneself it cannot be possible to hold another responsible for it.