Quotes About Accountability

Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

This is something I'd heard him say before: getting angry at another driver for a driving incident is pointless. You need to watch the drivers around you, understand their skill, confidence and aggression levels, and drive with them accordingly. Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

Know who is driving next to you. Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there.

Pero, actuemos intencionadamente o por ignorancia , nadie mas que nosotros mismos es responsable de nuestros éxitos o fracasos

we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves

Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.

Any problems that may occur have ultimately been caused by you, because you are responsible for where you are and what you are doing there. Still,

Un concepto tan simple, pero tan verdadero: tenemos ante nuestros ojos la respuesta a lo que preguntamos. Somos los creadores de nuestros propios destinos. Pero, actuemos intencionalmente o por ignorancia, nadie más que nosotros mismos es responsable de nuestros éxitos o fracasos.

We can try to avoid making choices by doing nothing, but even that is a decision.

There are some things in this world that we cannot fix, and they happen, and it is not our fault, though we still might have to deal with them. There are other things in this world that we can fix. And that is what good teachers like me are for.

bureaucracy partitions activities into formally defined operating units, each with its own goals, team members, and budget. Where the aim of stratification is consistency, the goal of formalization is clarity. By precisely delineating roles and responsibilities, individuals know what they're accountable for, what decisions they can make, and what resources they control. It's hard to imagine how an institution could function without a formal organization, but perhaps we should try.

Acknowledge your critics, but do what's right.

Taking complete ownership of your outcomes by holding no one but yourself responsible for them is the most powerful thing you can do to drive your success.

When life happens, you can be either the author of your life or the victim of it. Those are your only two choices—accountable or unaccountable. This may sound harsh, but it's true. Every day we choose one approach or the other, and the consequences follow us forever.

Accountable people absorb setbacks and keep going. Accountable people persevere through problems and keep pushing forward. Accountable people are results oriented and never defend actions, skill levels, models, systems, or relationships that just aren't get ting the job done.

An accountability partner provides frank, objective feedback on your performance, creates an ongoing expectation for productive progress, and can provide critical brainstorming or even expertise when needed.

are no excuses, no hiding places, and no "victim behavior." Goal pursuit, for

When decisions were finally made, they had generally been vetted by so many parties that no one person could be held accountable.

Once people had a clear idea of what decisions they should and should not be making, holding them accountable for decisions felt fair.

In addressing only structure, management had attacked the visible symptoms of poor performance but not the underlying cause—how people made decisions and how they were held accountable.

When she gets into an argument, a humble person considers the fact that she may be wrong and that there may be something she has missed or is overlooking. She is more concerned with walking in light and truth than with being right. Aware of his spiritual poverty, a humble person prays and studies and confesses and asks people to hold him accountable, as he knows he is a work in progress.

Honesty demands directness: God has to discipline us to transform us.

Sin never seems quite as shocking when it is known only to us; when we see how it looks or sounds to another, it is magnified ten times over.

If you're gonna shoot an elephant Mr. Schneider, you better be prepared to finish the job.