Quotes About Accountability

They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

By their fruits ye shall know them.

Keep your promises to yourself.

Misfortunes occur only when a man is false.... Events, circumstances, etc., have their origin in ourselves. They spring from seeds which we have sown.

Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.

A leader must face danger. He must take the risk and the blame, and the brunt of the storm.

Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk.

We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their lives.

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

No man is demolished but by himself.

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost.

Whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

Everybody's business is nobody's business, and nobody's business is my business.

It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.

In the long run we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Choice of attention-to pay attention to this and ignore that-is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers-you can blame anyone, but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you want to change, you're the one who has got to change. It's as simple as that, isn't it?

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

No-one gives joy or sorrow. ... We gather the consequences of our own deeds.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making excuses, that's the day you start your move to the top.

It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself, and no one else, has made it.