“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”

   

                                                            Henry Ward Beecher

This quote means that if you are responsible for yourself, you will be a responsible person. If you decide not to smoke you will get a hold of yourself, which means that you are being a responsible person. If you decide not to drink, you are being a responsible person. If you decide not to steal, you are been responsible for yourself. If you don’t do anything wrong, you are being responsible. On the other hand, if you are not responsible, you are a bad person. If you decide to smoke, you are not being responsible. If you decide to drink, you are being an irresponsible person. If you steal, you are being an irresponsible person. If you do wrong stuff, you are being an irresponsible person.