Quotes About Accountability

Freya was never late, while Anna tended to get distracted and show up a few minutes behind schedule no matter how punctual she tries to be.

The best I offer the world is the truth—my highest gift. What the world does with it is not up to me. I am not in charge of outcomes, opinions, assessments. I am not in the business of damage control. When I present a fabricated version of myself—the self who knows all, is ever certain, always steps strong—we all lose, because I cannot keep up with that lie and neither can you.

How can teachers teach when parents demand exceptions and cry foul every time their kid gets crossways? Sometimes we step in and advocate, but sometimes our kids are lame and need to own up. Let them feel the sting of detention, a zero, a lost privilege, a time-out. Let failure instruct them.

Growing up means curbing appetites, shifting from "me" to "we," understanding private choices have social consequences and public outcomes.

Stewardship is like that. I won't answer for the way another Christian mismanaged money. I won't be charged with another person's irresponsible consumption. Nor will I get credit for how another faith community shared or sacrificed luxuries for the marginalized. I'll answer for my choices.

When people are forced to reap what they sow, the benefit of consequence is appropriately placed, and health and healing become possible.

If our kids only expect blessings and exemptions, they will be terrible grown-ups. These are not the adults we want to launch, nor are they the Snowflakes we want our kids to marry. We cannot be the mothers-in-law for these people, oh my gosh. If grown-ups expect sandwich dolphins from their spouses, bosses, churches, friends, and children, this will all be a disaster.

If people around me aren't moved by my Christ or my church, then I must be doing a miserable job of representing them

Where there's a will there's a way; we just prefer to pretend there isn't a way so we don't have to take responsibility and do the uncomfortable stuff required to grow.

You can choose to be a victim to your circumstances or take responsibility for how you choose to perceive them.

Look at your life and see where you're letting yourself down.

Sie sind verantwortlich für das, was Sie sagen und tun. Sie sind nicht dafür verantwortlich, ob sich die Leute darüber aufregen oder nicht.

All this is to say that it's not your fault that you're fucked up. It's your fault if you stay fucked up, but the foundation of your fuckedupedness is something that's been passed down through generations of your family, like a coat of arms or a killer cornbread recipe, or in my case, equating confrontation with heart failure.

If you're always late, start being early.

Relationships are two people; everyone is accountable. A lot goes into a relationship coming together, and a lot goes into a relationship falling apart. Even if it's 98 percent the other person's fault, it's 2 percent yours.... You can only clean up your side of the street.

There are no right and wrong choices," Tain said trying to keep his voice gentle. "There is only what we do with the choices we make.

I will try not to disgrace you." "It will be better if you seek to please me.

History books say that kings and dukes and generals start wars. Don't believe it. We start them, you and I. Every time we turn away, keep quiet, stay out of it, behave ourselves.

One expects decent people to stand up for the good of all. Decent people shut their doors and hide behind them as decent people do. Massacres could never happen if it weren't for decent people.

If you wait for someone else to make things better, you'll be waiting a very long time

God didn't have to punish him; he'd created his own hell. By himself and for himself.

I'll supervise, shall I?" offered Cogsworth. "To me, 'dust' is a four-letter word." "'Dust' is a four-letter word to everyone ," said Lumiere. "'Work' is also a four-letter word," said Plumette, under her breath. "Perhaps that is why monsieur strives to avoid it

Los libros de historia dicen que los reyes, los duques o los generales son quienes empiezan las guerras. No te lo creas. Las empezamos nosotros, tú y yo. Cada vez que le damos la espalda a alguien, que guardamos silencio, que no nos metemos, que nos portamos bien.

We've made our bed and we must lie in it.