Quotes About Accountability

Un niño no aprende a caminar si siempre lo llevan en unos amorosos brazos. Y una especie no puede crecer si nunca se enfrenta a las consecuencias de sus acciones. Negarle a la humanidad la lección de las consecuencias sería un error.

And, like the Thunderhead, we love humanity. But we know not to coddle it. Humanity must accept the consequences of its own actions. We cannot - should not - protect it from itself.

We make mistakes. Believe me, if Goddard is installed as High Blade, half of the scythes who put him there will regret it in the morning, but by then it will be too late!

And so, I have no one but myself to blame when the scythedom befouls the things I have worked for.

As scythes, it is not what we want that matters—all that matters is what the world needs us to be. As your High Blade, I will hold us to the highest ideals, so that we can be proud of who, and what, we are.

WFor to put oneself above the law is a fundamental recipe for disaster.

The worst part about doing something inexcusable is that you can never take it back. It's like breaking glass. I can't unbreak. The best you can do is sweep it up, and hope you don't step on the slivers you left behind.

Una especie no puede crecer si nunca se enfrenta a las consecuencias de sus acciones.

Which means," said Rowan, "that this is your fault." And then he added with a little bit of derision, "Your Excellency.

If we go through with this, he said, I will make it clear to the High Blade that it was at your insistence. If we fail, and your existence is ended, the blame will be yours and your alone. I can live with that, Citra told him. No, Scythe Constantine pointed out, you won't.

Then he left without paying the bill, because no bill was, or would ever be, brought to a scythe.

You may be responsible for your actions," Pastor Dan says, but it's not your fault you weren't emotionally prepared for life out there in the real world. That was my fault—and the fault of everyone who raised you to be a tithe. We're as guilty as the people who pumped that poison into your blood.

Too often the people complain that they have done nothing with their lives and then they wait for somebody to tell them that this isn't so.

Like most others in the world they believe that failure is caused by some factor besides themselves.

La humanidad tiene múltiples debilidades, pero dos de las más importantes son: la incapacidad de llegar a tiempo y la ineptitud a la hora de cumplir promesas.

I had always believed prayer ought to be conducted on our feet rather than on our knees, since God seems in all other departments of life to require us to stand upright and account for ourselves.

crisis of the will. When a darkened mind chooses to remain in darkness, no one is to blame but the individual making that choice.

Own it all. Hold yourself accountable to God, and confess any sinful part. By doing so, you will have the necessary peace to make peace with your brother or sister. Do this, and you will leave a lasting positive impact on the people around you, even as a sinner.

Britain is relying on you, Bob, so try not to make your usual hash of things.

Being management means having to hold your hands behind your back while your inexperienced junior staff crap all over a job you could have done in five seconds—and then taking their mess right on the chin.

People." I pause for a moment. "Remind me of Peel's Principles of Policing, again?" Ramona looks blank. Mhari looks skeptical. "Policing by consent," I hint. "Come on, the basic rules we play by? Minimum use of force to achieve compliance, the performance of a police force is judged best by how little crime takes place on their watch rather than by how many heads they kick in, that kind of thing?" "Since

As long as you expect someone or something else to take responsibility for you, you're a child.

A certain Herr Schurz, a Prussian politician, once said: 'My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.

The iron law of bureaucracy dictates that most of the people in any large organization will, after a time, be more preoccupied with preserving their own jobs than with fulfilling the mission statement of the agency.