Quotes About Accountability

A man must assume the moral burden of his own boredom.

God never accepts a good inclination instead of a good action, where that action may be done; nay, so much the contrary, that, if a good inclination be not seconded by a good action, the want of that action is made so much the more criminal and inexcusable.South'sSermons.3. Agency

AMENABLE  (AME'NABLE)   adj.[amesnable, Fr. amener quelqu'un, in the French courts, signifies, to oblige one to appear to answer a charge exhibited against him.]Responsible; subject so as to be liable to enquiries or accounts.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

Moving toward a more harmonious way of life and greater resilience requires our active participation. This means finding ways to become more aware of and connected to the other forms of life that are around us and that constitute our food -- plants and animals, as well as bacteria and fungi -- and to the resources, such as water, fuel, materials, tools, and transportation, upon which we depend. It means taking responsibility for our shit, both literally and figuratively.

The bullies who instilled that hatred were never made to account. I think they should. I think they should because he died that day, too.

Any mistakes that may remain are, of course, my responsibility.

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Within the organization there is a gap between words and deeds, between what organizations say they will do, or what they are committed to doing, and what they are doing.

I just can't. I'm married. I made my bed and now I have to lie in it.

Whether you made your choices with your eyes open or closed, they're made. It's not time to regret them; it's time to live with the consequences.

means ceasing to make excuses for the meat hogs inside our own political or racial or gender or cultural in-group and demanding the same rigor from our own favorites as we do from the others.

In 2014—like those Nigerian officers who kept ghost soldiers on their budgets—Military Professional Resources Inc. billed the U.S. government for hours supposedly worked by employees who were actually home on leave.

That explains the United States Constitution's hard-and-fast rule against accepting any item of value from a government official or his or her agent.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you.If you take nothing else from what I've been through, at least remember this: make your choices well. Because you'll always be accountable for them. That's what being an adult is all about.

I should have told you from the start. I will let you down.

It's a choice, Annabel. And if you make the wrong one, you have only yourself to blame when there are consequences.

The mistakes you make now count. Not for everything, and not forever. But they do matter, and they shape you...make your choices well. Because you will always be accountable for them.

For some reason, blame is often directed toward me. I have to be vigilant.

No, you're not. If you were really sorry, you wouldn't have done it. We do as we please, and then say we're sorry. But we're not sorry. We're just uncomfortable--watching other people in pain.

It takes two to tango" isn't even true on the dance floor. One person can do a lot of evil all on his or her own. But the Theory of Mutual Blame arose sometime before Doc was even born. Perhaps it was a takeoff on Freud's seduction theory or the more generic practice of blaming victims for being alive. Its origins were unclear, but no one had ever had to take full responsibility for their own actions since.

The title of this book, Conflict Is Not Abuse, recommends mutual accountability in a culture of underreaction to abuse and overreaction to conflict.

I believe God has equipped all Christians with a way to hold each other accountable