emotional accountability Quotes

Love is responsibility of an I for a You: in this consists what cannot consist in any feeling - the equality of all lovers.

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

Owning your own feelings, rather than blaming them on someone else, is the mark of a person who has moved from contracted to expanded awareness.

It's ok for people to feel bad about the wrong things they've done.

It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you

I refrain from blaming anything on my parents.

The only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one's desire.

Most people prefer to think that their resentment is entirely the fault of the person they resent, and that twisted logic seems to make sense in their minds. But it makes no sense to me at all... But it's a popular point of view. Probably because it's so much easier. It relieves you of the burden of any and all self-examination. (Nathan to Nat)

...Everything you hate is everything that you created.

Your suffering is never caused by the person you're blaming.

In love, no one can harm anyone else; we are each responsible for our own feelings and cannot blame someone else for what we feel.

Sure, I've been a victim, but in retrospect, most of it has been of my own making. I allowed it to happen.

It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

Women are better than they are reputed to be: they don't mock the tears men shed unless they themselves are responsible for them.

Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.

My husband knows the meaning of sacrifice and support and he doesn't have a problem reminding me when I fall short. He will explain to me how and why this would jeopardize or compromise our relationship.

Here's the acid test for appropriateness: Pretend that someone near and dear to you is witnessing what you are writing or sending, or knows what you are thinking about sending. If, say, your partner saw this behavior, how would he or she feel? That you are asking yourself this question could mean that you shouldn't be doing it!

True remorse is never just a regret over consequences; it is a regret over motive.

You would not want to be responsible for someone else's happiness, so please do not hold someone else responsible for yours!

True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.

There seems to be something in the human soul that causes us to think less of ourselves every time we do something wrong... And maybe it is good for us to feel that way. It may make us more sensitive to what we do wrong and move us to repent and grow.

Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.

It's not my fault that men fall in love with me!