Quotes About Accountability

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don't keep your word.

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.

More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.

A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

To blame others for our misfortunes is always a victory for the nafs.

You only get out of it what you put into it. If you are a sheep in this world, you're not going to get much out of it.

Freedom always carries a burden of proof, always throws us back on ourselves.

Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one.

One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it.

You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?

Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds.

God grant ... that he may learn to understand in time, that whoso is minded to do as he himself wills will soon enough see the day when he will find he has done that which he had never willed.

At the end of the day, anybody who thinks there's a reward for nothing, ends up losing.

Please, put aside all excuses and ask yourself, "What should I be doing?" Yes, you alone can make a difference. The question is, will you?

If wisdom in government eludes us, perhaps courage could substitute-the moral courage to terminate mistakes.

Don't make excuses. Make commitments and stick to them.

What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?