Quotes About Accountability

It seemed that the good people were always cleaning up the messes.

Every child can learn, and we mean it... excuses are not good enough, we need results.

It is not good enough to do what the law says. We need to be in the forefront of these [social responsibility] issues.

If we want people on the front lines of companies to be responsible for making good business decisions, they must have the same information that managers use to make good business decisions.

I always end up working with people that do a really good job, so I'm the only one that I'm worried about disappointing me, not the musicians ever.

There is always a perfectly good excuse, always a reason not to. The hardest freedom to win is the freedom from one's excuses.

The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.

I felt very honored, and I knew that people would be watching very closely, and I felt it was very, very important that I do a good job.

In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

So many people say, "I'm a good person!" Like, why are you a good person? To be a good person you have to actively be good.

A good king is a public servant.

It is not good enough to say, "Well, hey, I vote every two years. I vote every four years." That's fine, but that is not good enough.

We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for being an American citizen in a global context means to us.

I think I'll be going to Heaven, because I had good intentions. But my actions are another thing.

A TV show can't hold people and institutions to account like good journalism can.

The most difficult thing in baseball is to be consistent. You can have one good year, but if the next is bad you're defrauding everyone.

It is essential that America's word be good.

I believe in workers rights when people are doing a good job. If somebody needs support I am always there, but if they're taking the piss, I am hard on them.

If they are the league ain't doing a good job of it.

Guilt is always a good thing. If I kick you in the groin right now and don't feel guilty about it there's something wrong with me. Something's wrong with my conscience.

Half is not enough protection, half is my fault and half is them just doing a good job. I know it's 150 percent, but I'm a little tired now.

I eventually realized that good things wouldnt happen to me if I didnt make the right choices.