In the one defence, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.
The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.
For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.
Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.
Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.
The clearest actions come from truth, not obligation.
The worst guilt is to accept an unearned guilt.
The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.
The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another.