Quotes About Accountability

Many people wait for something to happen or someone to take care of them. But people who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary, consistent with

Anytime we think the problem is out there, that thought is the problem. We empower what's out there to control us.

The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing.

It is so much easier to blame other people, conditioning, or conditions for our own stagnant situation. But we are responsible—"response-able"—to control our lives and to powerfully influence our circumstances by working on be, on what we are.

Castigation is a doom which achieves itself. In punishing yourself, you come to merit punishment.

If you can blame sickness on somebody, instead of accepting it for what it is, then you can avoid being responsible for it. You don't have to try to end the pain.

Who can declare? Power is a dreadful thing. I cannot judge you with an answer. I have not yet judged myself.

Cualquier persona con sentido común y una mente aguda medirá la distancia entre dos cosas: lo que ha dicho y lo que ha hecho. BEOWULF, POEMA ÉPICO 15 FEBRERO

Doesn't matter," Maren said. "As long as the wolf enters the pen, who cares if it happens to eat the sheep?" Mac shook his head. "You can bet your ass the sheep cares.

Since 1789 nearly 2000 men and women had served in the U.S. Senate. Those folks could be divided into two broad classes—workhorses and show horses. One got things done, the other took the credit or assigned blame. Of late, that dichotomy had been brought into sharp focus, as the Senate seemed overrun by show horses.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have to ability afterwards to explain why it did not happen. - William Churchill

A government of the people, by the people, and for the people should live under the same rules it passes for the people. ... How can the American people trust Congress to fix a broken Washington when the people in Congress don't even live under the same rules as everybody else.

Perhaps he could encourage the House to impeach the idiot." She shook her head. "That only amplifies the problem. Everybody loves to scream impeachment. But that's not a tool to undo elections. The people chose Warner Fox. The fact that he may be incompetent is really not at issue. They've already decided they want him to lead them.

The Pro coach knows that being uncomfortable is the only way to grow. And because they create such powerful agreements, their clients never miss or are late for a session.

Responsibility is powerful when thought of in its positive sense. It is the ability to choose our responses.

owners are people who take full responsibility for their happiness, and victims are always lost in their unfortunate stories. Victims blame others, blame circumstance, and are hard to deal with. Owners own their own morale.

Each day we demand more from society so that we can demand less from ourselves. Don Colacho

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. —George S. Patton

A person who does not make a choice makes a choice.

Unconsciously, managers without leadership habits will often seek, above all else, to be liked. Rather than holding people accountable, they let them off the hook. They give non-performers the uneasy feeling that everything's fine. They are managers who seek approval rather than respect.

give you in the first place.

The trust of your people is not difficult to obtain. You can win it. And because it's so important for motivating them, you must win it. So you must never, ever be late to your own meetings. Ever. Such a thing will destroy all trust you've built up with seven out of 10 people, because it means to them that you cannot be counted on to keep your word.

But, in fact, the self-help movement still divides, roughly, into two camps. There is Empowerment—broadly speaking, the idea that you are fully responsible for all you do, good and bad. And, in contrast, there is Victimization, which sells the idea that you are not responsible for what you do (at least not the bad things). Victimization and Empowerment represent the yin and the yang of the self-help movement.

Essentially there are two actions in life: Performance and excuses. Make a decision as to which he will accept from yourself.