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Quotes About Accountability

Face It Some people fancy that to Dodge some work that they ought to do is about the easiest possible thing to do. The truth is, however, it is always easier to walk right up to your work and — Pace It. No one but laggards dig up excuses for Dodging what they should Face.
~ Napoleon Hill
Once for all, break the "Let George Do It" habit. When a task steps up before you — take hold of it and do it Yourself.
~ Napoleon Hill
A man's alibi is the child of his own imagination. It is human nature to defend one's own brain-child.
~ Napoleon Hill
success requires no apologies, failure permits no alibis." If
~ Napoleon Hill
The responsibility of embracing and using this foundation must be assumed by every person who claims any portion of this freedom and wealth.
~ Napoleon Hill
Be careful of your words. Man shall be held accountable for his lightest word. If you talk about substance in a negative way, your finances will be decreased, but if you talk about it in an appreciative, large way, you will be prospered.
~ Napoleon Hill
el éxito no necesita disculpas, y el fracaso no acepta excusas".
~ Napoleon Hill
Do your job precisely as if you were your own boss, and sooner or later you will be.
~ Napoleon Hill
el éxito no requiere disculpas y el fracaso no permite excusas».
~ Napoleon Hill
IF * * * and this is the greatest of them all * * * I had the courage to see myself as I really am, I would find out what is wrong with me and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others, for I know that there is something wrong with me, or I would now be where I would have been if I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.
~ Napoleon Hill
NO MAN HAS A CHANCE TO ENJOY PERMANENT SUCCESS UNTIL HE BEGINS TO LOOK IN A MIRROR FOR THE REAL CAUSE OF ALL HIS MISTAKES. - Napoleon Hill.
~ Napoleon Hill
se um homem não consegue tomar uma decisão prontamente uma vez de posse de todos os fatos necessários, não se pode esperar que cumpra qualquer decisão que tomar".
~ Napoleon Hill
Building alibis with which to explain away failure is a national pastime. The habit is as old as the human race, and is fatal to success! Why do people cling to their pet alibis? The answer is obvious. They defend their alibis because they create them! A man's alibi is the child of his own imagination. It is human nature.
~ Napoleon Hill
The future leader in industry, to endure, must regard himself as a quasi-public official whose duty it is to manage his trust in such a way that it will work hardship on no individual, or group of individuals.
~ Napoleon Hill
For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task.
~ Napoleon Hill
Bureaucracy is a construction by which a person is conveniently separated from the consequences of his or her actions.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Scars signal skin in the game.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
First ethical rule: If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
It is much more immoral to claim virtue without fully living with its direct consequences.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they do, and how much of their necks they are putting on the line.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I believe that forcing researchers to eat their own cooking whenever possible solves a serious problem in science.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Using, as an excuse, others' failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Simply, humans should not be given explosive toys (like atomic bombs, financial derivatives, or tools to create life).
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb
it is about the distortions of symmetry and reciprocity in life: if you have the rewards, you must also get some of the risks— not let others pay the price of your mistakes. If you inflict risk onto others and they are harmed, you need to pay some price for it.
~ Nassim Nicholas Taleb