Quotes About Accountability

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

The truth of what one says lies in what one does.

When no one understands you, then no one can call you to account. -------- ... if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy... ------ In every part of my life, too, I stood outside myself and watched; I saw myself functioning at the university, with my parents and brother and sister and my friends, but inwardly I felt no involvement.

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I always had the feeling that no one understood me anyway, that no one knew who I was and what made me do this or that. And you know, when no one understands you, then no one can call you to account.

Having knowledge of an unethical act and allowing it to continue can spread a contagion that can affect multiple beings in society

A man is not allowed to practise medicine unless he knows something of the human body, but a financier is allowed to operate freely without any knowledge at all of the multifarious effects of his activities, with the sole exception of the effect upon his bank account.

Make no excuses. Rationalize nothing. Blame no one. Humble yourself.

You and I need to obey God. When we do, the consequences of our obedience become God's problem and not ours.

For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. Matthew 12:37

God has a task for you—one He planned very long ago and suited for our present generation. Remember you are not responsible for completing anyone else's task, just yours. God desires for us to encourage one another in our tasks (see Heb. 10:24–25), but we are responsible only for completing our own.

You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I will rebuke you and lay out the case before you. Psalm 50:21

Each person should examine his own work … not in respect to someone else. For each person will have to carry his own load. Galatians 6:4–5

Godly accountability is never codependency.

Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks. Ecclesiastes 10:18

Nothing is unforgivable, thank God. But some things cannot be excused. They must be repented of and dramatically corrected and permanently changed.

People also felt that a great crime had been committed, yet there was not going to be a great punishment.

I have to be responsible with my character, my image and my reputation.

I'm less concerned about whether being a good corporate citizen burnishes a company's reputation. That's just an added benefit. I believe it's a responsibility, and there is no negotiating on responsibilities.

If a man's reputation can be destroyed in an afternoon by a secret kangaroo court, then we, too, can one day be propelled into a pit of everlasting shame by the same process.

I have only put my reputation on the line three times with people, Cesaro being one of them.

I come all wreathed in a reputation the press has made for me. Judge me on my actions. That's all that counts.

Words matter, particularly when you're writing a story that could significantly damage a person's or an organization's reputation.

If you're playing any real person, live or dead, you certainly have a responsibility to produce that reputation in some way.