Quotes About Accountability

Whether you are a business leader or political leader, you need people around you who are prepared to tell the truth.

If you want to do a few small things right, do them yourself. If you want to do great things and make a big impact, learn to delegate.

Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank.

Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.

I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American people need now to produce results.

Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.

People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.

No athletic director holds office longer than two losing football coaches.

We are not responsible for our endowments or natural abilities, but we are responsible for the strategic use of time.

Results matter! They matter to your credibility.

The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.

A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership.

Leadership is obliged to justify itself daily.

Leadership is a dare - and the dare is, 'Are you willing to show up?'

(On being in a position of leadership) Even if it's your dog, you've got authority over somebody. Start treating him better.

Leadership is about vision and responsibility, not power.

When you accept a leadership role, you take on extra responsibility for your actions toward others.

We don't have a crisis of leadership in Washington. We have a crisis of followership.

Leadership is about making decisions with the information you have, not the information people will have 12 years later, i kind of feel sorry for my friend Jeb Bush.

Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers.

Schools often get the teachers they deserve!

I hired top-notch people, trusted them to do their jobs, and then came to grips with the fact that I wouldn't be coaching as much.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

Any leaders who disappoint the people, ideals and promises by which they were appointed are by definition themselves dis-appointed.