Quotes About Accountability

Before we even understand what repentance is, we're instructed4 to name, out loud, the harm that we have caused.

Another human being's suffering is not magically erased because the person who caused it says that they didn't mean to do it.

The story of Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis teaches ... the lesson of social responsibility... The answer to the question 'Am I my brother's keeper?' is a resounding yes"31

In life and leadership, you will make mistakes—and those around you will make mistakes as well. None of us are perfect.

Break the arm of the wicked man; call the evildoer to account for his wickedness that would not be found out. The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations will perish from his land. You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror. Psalm 10:15–18, NIV

We can't help but feel brokenhearted for the trials so many have to endure. But we can rest assured God will save His beloved—and He will call the wicked to account.

Whether it is North Korea, Sierra Leone, or Zimbabwe, well show that poor countries are poor for the same reason that Egypt is poor. Countries such as Great Britain and the United States became rich because their citizens overthrew the elites who controlled power and created a society where political rights were much more broadly distributed, where the government was accountable and responsive to citizens, and where the great mass of people could take advantage of economic opportunities.

I don't need to be looking at every failure of government, I need to be looking where failure of government needs reform.

No accountability to God comes to mean no accountability to anyone other than those to whom I choose to be accountable.

So the second divorce is between God and the potential of his revelation to make us, as his creatures, accountable.

I don't count on the boy who waits till October, when it's cool and fun, then decides he wants to play.

Someone must be mean and that someone can be you.

They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life.

I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.

Our system is focused on blame and punishment and not on healing and learning

RJ advocates say, is not an act against a rule, it's an act against a person. When you harm somebody, you owe it to them to make things right. By making things right, you begin to heal your relationship with the community.

George and Harold were usually responsible kids. Whenever anything bad happened, George and Harold were usually responsible.

Being a man is rolling up your sleeves and telling the world 'Now I'll play by the real rules—no more wooden swords. If I succeed, then the credit belongs to me, not my parents or teachers or employers, and I shall savor the prizes without guilt, knowing I earned them. And if I fail, then I'll pay the penalties without whimpering or blaming anyone else.' That's what manhood is, and it's up to you to decide when it starts.

Emshandar's problems were his fault. He who wakes the dog must bear the bite, his mother had always said.

Do the right thing, deliver what you promised, and be consistent in the way you do it no matter what.

If a pro ball player stays up the night before a game, playing video games or watching TV, the other players would kick his tail, the coach would fine him, and that nonsense would stop immediately.

A tremendous volume of research indicates that the primary factor that motivates a soldier to do the things that no sane man wants to do in combat (that is, killing and dying) is not the force of self-preservation but a powerful sense of accountability to his comrades on the battlefield.

Management does not just involve praise--anyone can do that, although many do not. Management also involves looking someone in the eyes and delivering the hard message that the employee has reached too high.

If you as a leader allow people to halfway do their jobs and don't demand excellence as a prerequisite to keeping their job, you will create a culture of mediocrity.