Quotes About Accountability

I say, that Power must never be trusted without a check.

But never did Henry, as he thought he did,end anyone and hacks her body upand hide the pieces, where they may be found.He knows: he went over everyone, & nobody's missing.Often he reckons, in the dawn, them up.Nobody is ever missing.

How can a good God appoint cruel people to positions of authority? The answer is simple: God is the originator of the authority, but He is not the author of the cruelty. Man is responsible for his cruel actions, not God. All authority is of God, but not all authority is godly.

What we say in private we must be willing to say with a heart burning with love and honor before the face of our leaders. If not, we will poison our spirits and it will manifest in the presence of our leaders.

When we oppose God's delegated authority, we oppose God Himself.

That's the problem with leadership cults. They're red hot on getting shit done, once the big man has spoken, but not so good at weighing up whether that shit should have been done in the first place.

He who sells what isn't his'n must buy it back or go to prison.

Every dog has one free bite. A dog cannot be presumed to be vicious until he has proved that he is by biting someone.

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.

a "free People think they have a right to an Explanation of the Circumstances which give rise to the Necessity under which they suffer.

One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will destroy a sinner.

A man can get discouraged many times, but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

You can get discouraged many times, but you are not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else and stop trying.

You can fail many times, but you're not a failure until you begin to blame somebody else.

When people point fingers at someone else, they should remember that three fingers are pointing back at them.

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.

Good executives never put off until tomorrow what they can get someone else to do today.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

Everything begins with a decision. Then, we have to manage that decision for the rest of your life.

The second kind you make yourself. Most people, most of their lives, most of their problems, they simply invite into their lives, sweep out a guestroom for each pain, and give it free lodging and board.

Hence the unskilful   rashly infer, that man did not sin by free choice.

But we must so cherish moderation that we do not try to make God render account to us, but so reverence his secret judgments as to consider his will the truly just cause of all things.