Quotes About Accountability

Deeds, not words shall speak to me.

One does not deceive oneself about the consequences of one's acts; one deceives oneself about the ease with which one can live with those consequences.

For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill. The eyes of all people are upon us, so that if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause Him to withdraw His present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword through the world.

Never make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.

Discipline yourself and others won't need to.

Most people […] prefer to be coaxed or wheedled, or even driven. That way they never make a mistake: if there is one, it's always due to something or somebody else

Blame has no purpose, and it is a lousy teacher.

I do not understand how it is that financial institutions could think that they could take taxpayer money and then turn around and act like it's business as usual. I don't understand how they can't see that the world has changed in a fundamental way, that it is not business as usual when you take taxpayer dollars.

I mean, we are all in it together. None of us is innocent; none of us is alone." "You were both.

T)he only way we can prove ourselves worthy of a big trust is by doing well the tasks that belong to each day.

Our standing before God depends, not upon the amount of light we have received, but upon the use we make of what we have. Thus even the heathen who choose the right as far as they can distinguish it are in a more favorable condition than are those who have had great light, and profess to serve God, but who disregard the light, and by their daily life contradict their profession. The

In order to be prepared for the judgment, it is necessary that men should keep the law of God.

You are responsible for the ability which God has given you.—

I hate how box-office failures are blamed on an actress, yet I don't see a box-office failure blamed on men.

It was the right and responsible thing to do, so they put it off until later.

sometimes people think they're above the laws the rest of us live by. they're blind to their own imperfections.

Who fills an office must learn to bear reproach and blame.

Hell is the special pain that dwells in that loss which you yourself have caused

We have inadvertently designed a system in which being good at what you do as a teacher is not formally rewarded, while being poor at what you do is seldom corrected nor penalized.

In the end there is nothing to be done but to state clearly what has been done, without shame or regret, and say: Here I am, and this is what I am. Now deal with me as you see fit. That is your right. Mine is to stand by the act, and pay the price. You do what you must do, and pay for it. So in the end all things are simple.

A man may fall many times, but he won't be a failure until he says that someone pushed him.

That's just you trying to get away with shit, Ronald. You know damn well that a naggy wife is really just a lousy husband.

It is only within the context of the church that ongoing spiritual care, encouragement, and accountability can occur. It is only as we use the powerful word of the gospel in each other's lives that we can change.

The world feeds us a steady diet of it's-okay-if-you-are-a-nice-person sprinkled with a bit of if-you-try-your-hardest and topped with a strong drink of you-meant-well.