Quotes About Accountability

One of the most powerful aspects of delusion, or ignorance, is the belief that what we do does not really matter.

Causing harm is never just a one-way street.

Taking responsibility for oneself is by definition an act of kindness.

Loving yourself is holding yourself accountable to be the best you can be in your life. Narcissistic love has nothing to do with accountability.

Loving yourself is holding yourself accountable to be the best you can be in your life.

There is always blame in this world," he told them. "If you say nothing, they will blame you. If you say too much, they will blame you. There is always blame in this world.

When a marauder destroys your house and takes away your cash and jewellery , his responsibility for his actions far exceeds that of the servant who opened door to him, whether out of fear, cupidity or because he simply he didn't know any better.

I do not look to history to absolve my country of the need to do things right today. I seek to understand the wrongs of yesterday, both to grasp what has brought us to our present reality and to understand the past for itself.

And yet, when to act on that belief causes deep hurt to innocents who had nothing to do with the original wrong -- if there was one -- do we not have a greater responsibility to the present than to the past?

The highest officers in the government had the strongest motives to corruption, and therefore could by no possibility attempt to check the same corruption in those below them…

One day we will all stand alone and answer to God for the choices we have made in our lives. It will not be enough to say we did not get help because no one would come with us. Life is not easy, but we make it much more difficult when we refuse to be honest about what we feel. For the short term, not being honest may seem easier, but in the long haul, we pay a heavy price.

As citizens are we collaborationists? To collaborate is to cooperate; to be complicit is to be an accomplice.

Precisely because public discussion, debate, and deliberation are fundamental to democracy, deliberate misrepresentation is more easily exposed.

Intentions don't matter. It's the end result we're all judged by. Evil in the name of good is still evil. And when you dance with the devil, you seldom get to pick the tune.

The whole point of life is learning to live with the consequences of the bad decision we've made.

1. Replace upstairs hall bathroom lightbulb. 2. Get online and research Ferragamo shoes, then email someone named Kell to see if he could convert Ferragamos into weapons. 3. Order a replacement coat for the one that was torn. (see closet for coat) Make sure it matches exactly. 4. Wash Cars. 5. Take out trash for Rosa 6. Most important, don't bitch.

Because I cursed him to it. (Acheron) Be glad I'm not physically there or I'd slap you upside the head. You know how free will works, so stop the whining and get off the cross. Someone needs the wood. (Savitar)

Now don't you be covering for him, Ash. (She wagged her finger at Nick.) Are you driving? (Cherise) No, Mom. I'm sitting. (Nick)

You're the one who unleashed him. (Savitar) Yeah, well, let's move on from the blame game. I was having suicidal thoughts and it seemed like a good idea at the time. In retrospect, not so much. (Stryker)

May the gods damn you all! (Talon) The gods don't damn us, we damn ourselves by our words and deeds. (Acheron)

it is by our actions that we are destroyed or saved. The choice is ours.

Look what you did. (Jericho snapped at Zarek.) I broke it. (Jericho)

That was you who hit me with the float? (Talon) Yes. (Dionysus) Damn, boy. You've fallen a long way down. Yesterday Greek god…today incompetent float driver. (Camulus)

Little late for that now. I don't think an 'Oops, my bad, my weapon accidentally misfired two dozen rounds' will work to get me out of this. (Devyn)