Quotes About Accountability

At a certain point, particularly in his third term, Mayor Bloomberg lost touch with the people he was serving.

I think that any time you get into an area where it requires humility, and accountability, it's gonna get touchy. And so I understand the reality of when someone says something that requires you to look at yourself and change, it's not easy.

Leadership is getting players to believe in you. If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it. Players will see right through a phony. And they can tell when you're not giving it all you've got.

I'll always be tough on myself.

As a leader, I am tough on myself and I raise the standard for everybody; however, I am very caring because I want people to excel at what they are doing so that they can aspire to be me in the future.

Detroit Pistons basketball slogan: When the going gets tough, we fire the coach.

We need to elect leaders who have a strong moral compass. Leaders who are honest, straightforward, and tough - with a love of justice and fair play.

We will not duck the tough issues, we will lead.

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

It's tough being the one person on the hot seat.

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

When it comes to making tough decisions, I'm ready to make them.

This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change.

It's a tough job being a politician.

Being a CISO is a tough job. I have the end responsibility for the personal information of over a billion people.

Congress needs to toughen the laws protecting elections and make clear that anyone interfering with democracy will pay a stiff price.

In the worst memoirs, you can feel the author justifying himself - forgiving himself - in every paragraph. In the best memoirs, the author is tougher on him- or herself than his or her readers will ever be.

There's nobody tougher on the players than me. Nobody.

It's easy for us to look at another country or another political party and say, 'Enough! Do better!'. It is a tougher conversation when the problem is in our own tent.

I'll never get complacent. I am my own toughest critic.

I think the toughest job in football is always to be the starter, because everybody looks to you for guidance.

You're constantly asking yourself, 'Am I doing enough? Am I living up to this moment? Am I asking the toughest questions of the president to make sure we're continuing to do our job to hold him accountable for his words and his promises?'

Our job as players is to show up to tournaments, put on a show for The R&A and for the Tour and to handle our business.

Bahaism gives you a pluralistic view, and a lot of aspects of Hinduism give you a moral framework with no accountability other than the karmic system. There's no linear movement or point of accountability toward God.