Quotes About Accountability

Winners win losers make excuses.

This insistence on unity was the source of one of the most potent myths of the postwar period – the idea that the responsibility for all the evils of the war rested exclusively with the Germans. If it was only 'they' who had perpetrated atrocities upon 'us', then the rest of Europe was released from all accountability for the injustices it had perpetrated upon itself.

Because I'm always away, coming home to a clean house means a lot to me. Trust me, I've lived with a lot of roommates, and straight guys are just kids who don't pick up after themselves.

What do teachers and curriculum directors mean by 'value' reading? A look at the practice of most schools suggests that when a school 'values' reading what it really means is that the school intensely focuses on raising state-mandated reading test scores- the kind of reading our students will rarely, if ever, do in adulthood.

Nothing is compulsory. Free will is paramount. But free will comes with the burden of consequences.

It's a reckoning I'm after.

If people behaved like governments, you'd call the cops.

Guilt was for lesser men. A sign of weakness.

Don't point a gun at nobody you ain't willin' to shoot, if necessary.

Saddle your horse before sassin' the boss.

If God seems far away, who moved?

His players don't sit around telling hateful-affectionate stories about him. Someone might say of him, as former Packers great Henry Jordan once said of Lombardi, "He treats us all the same—like dogs,

Why don't more people set goals? In general, psychologists point to seven reasons: They have not yet accepted personal responsibility for their lives. Many

You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it.

But isn't it enough that I just don't want it?" "No," said Fiona. "It isn't enough." "Why not?" "Well, if that was enough, if just saying no and not giving a reason was enough, where would we be? It would just be chaos.

One of the best ways to avoid straying from the Lord is to surround yourself with wise and spiritually mature people who will encourage you to stay on a biblical course, even when the going is tough.

Ada kecenderungan hukum mengabaikan tanggung jawab pribadi dan memungkinkan orang menerima ganti rugi hanya karena rasa simpati dan persepsi tentang kekayaan.

They better be darn ready to show a detailed file of all of the other steps they took before they overruled the [lead investigator's] judgment, the person in the best position to determine whether or not there was probably cause to arrest George Zimmerman."

Assigning responsibility where it rightfully belongs is the first crucial step in gaining access to one's true feelings, needs, and wants.

Whatever God has called you to do— whatever He's gifted and endued you by the Holy Spirit to accomplish—He hasn't changed His mind about it. One day you will have to give an account of what you did with that calling. Obedience to God's call will bring blessing and satisfaction to your life.

We may not agree on what a good society is, but... we will never have one until we realize that the public we complain about is us.

If you want people to take your advice, you need to solve more problems than you create.

Trust energizes participants. We feel good when things work smoothly. We need to be safe to experiment and make mistakes. We need testing to bring accountability to our experimentation so that we can be sure we are doing no harm.

Responsibility cannot be assigned; it can only be accepted. If someone tries to give you responsibility, only you can decide if you are responsible or if you aren't.