Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self-respect springs.

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Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self-respect springs. - Joan Didion

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Character – the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life – is the source from which self-respect springs. - Mikhail Gorbachev quotes