Quotes About Accountability

The Wrong we have Done, Thought, or Intended Will wreak its Vengeance on Our SOULS.

You are what you do, not what you say you'll do.

Nature has no use for the plea that one 'did not know'.

The infantile dream-state of the mass man is so unrealistic that he never thinks to ask who is paying for this paradise. The balancing of accounts is left to a higher political or social authority, which welcomes the task, for its power is thereby increased; and the more power it has, the weaker and more helpless the individual becomes.

Tell me about a failure in your life and tell me why it occurred." Does the applicant say he cannot think of one? If he can describe something he perceives as a failure, does he take responsibility for it or does he blame others (e.g., "I never graduated high school because those damned teachers didn't know how to motivate me")?

Denial is a save now, pay later scheme.

Every human behavior can be explained by what precedes it, but that does not excuse it

responsibly

The key insight: each entity in a situation represents 100 percent. Each entity in a conflict has 100 percent of the responsibility for resolving the conflict

Where in my life am I not taking full ownership? Another way to ask it is: What am I trying to disown? Or: What aspect of my life do I need to take full ownership of?

When a bridge fails, the engineer who designed it is as good as dead.

I don't want to be that person, who just takes things.

If you can't trust me with a choice, how can you trust me with a child?

Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to see any blunder made by their commanders. —DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER

So, really, this was all Ramirez's fault. (What can I say? Twelve years of Catholic school had taught me how to reassign guilt with the best of them.)

If you win, give the credit. If you lose, take the blame.

Words without action mean nothing. I'll show you.

Yesterday, today and tomorrow, my actions matter.

I remind myself that I'm no longer a damsel in distress. I can think this through. What I can't do? Base my decision on fear. Because, while I might be free to make my choice right now, I'll never be free from the consequences of that choice

Always blame the guy," she said.

management hints that the person guilty of committing the error will be punished. They then create more processes and approvals to prevent the error from happening again.

Punishing failure and "shooting the messenger" only cause people to hide their mistakes, and eventually, all desire to innovate is completely extinguished.

During the meeting and the subsequent resolution, we should explicitly disallow the phrases "would have" or "could have," as they are counterfactual statements that result from our human tendency to create possible alternatives to events that have already occurred.

While the redshirts battle to contain the raging engine fire that is threatening the entire ship, the bridge officers continue to cover their asses,