Quotes About Accountability

I ought to grow up successfully, and I'm sure it will be my own fault if I don't. I feel it's a great responsibility because I have only one chance. If I don't grow up right I can't go back and begin over again.

Made plenty of mistakes along the way - all of which I am truly sorry.

Sometimes there's no way around it—you have to let people go. But again you do it as constructively as you can.

The gap between promises and results is widespread and clear. The gap nobody knows is the gap between what a company's leaders want to achieve and the ability of their organization to achieve it.

An environment of fast growth can cover a multitude of sins, but an era of slow growth will magnify every shortcoming of every person in the business, especially the leaders.

If I understand accountability, but not acceptability, I will live under pressure to behave well in order to be accepted. If I understand acceptability, but not accountability, I may become casually indifferent to sinful living. When I understand first my acceptability and then my accountability, I will be constrained to please the One who died for me, fearful that I might grieve Him, not wanting to, because I love Him.

Working diligently to straighten up our actions without understanding either what it means to deeply repent or what it is that needs to be scrubbed away by repentance will make us more smug than penetrating. We'll pressure others to do right rather than draw them to want to do right. P195

We have the ultimate in freedom – we have absolutely no responsibilities! – and we're abusing it.

What if I hit the man?" Newt said. "That's his worry," Call said. "Not letting him ride away is your worry." They

The hammer has fallen.

I don't think you get to be mad at someone unless they come through for you. I don't think you have that luxury. I think you think you can be mad, but really you're just doing something else. What's that? Waiting.

We always have a choice. That's what Grady said too. What does that even mean? That there is a right thing to do and there is a wrong thing to do. Simple. Judgmental. And if you are the person someone is asking that question about, you have chosen wrong—as if the world is divided between the people who have never made a big mistake. And the people who have.

either way we cut it, we shouldn't

El Poder Judicial siempre busca encontrar alguien que pague el delito cometido, pero no le interesa detener al que en verdad lo cometió.

You deserve it, she hissed. You deserve it, do you hear me?

And I want you to know, Max said kindly to him, I don't hold you in any way responsible. Lysander frowned. For what? For sending me an assistant who wanted to take over New York with the help of a virgin-raping,mundane-eating demon. Lysander stiffened. I am not 'in any way responsible' for that! You did authorize the assignment, I reminded him. Well, I— I— Lysander cleared his throat. The decision was made at headquarters. All I did was sign the standard paperwork.

Ignorance of the outcome doesn't exempt you from the consequences.

I am the Executioner. Murder someone in my town, and I'm the one that you get to see. Once.

If I let you get killed, the other bodyguards will make fun of me.

You either pay as you go with Raina, or you end up owing her, and owing comes with interest, and the interest is hell to pay.

We can order him to make appointments and talk to someone, but we can't force him to actually do the work. You've got to be willing to work on your issues. You've got to be willing to face hard truths and fight to get better. that takes courage and force of will. (Anita)

stupidity isn't punishable by death. If it was, there would be a hell of a population drop.

Apologies that do not lead to better actions are empty things." "Amen to that," I said.

Dolph didn't ask for your opinion unless he was prepared to act upon it. He was a good boss.