Quotes About Accountability

Los gobernantes arbitrarios y corruptos tienen una enorme responsabilidad por este fracaso económico.36 Buena parte del dinero que llovió sobre los países pobres ha sido simplemente filtrado y devuelto (con frecuencia hacia cuentas de bancos en Suiza), pues los gobernantes corruptos han atesorado sus mal obtenidas ganancias en el extranjero.

extravagant generosity with other people's money.

those who live by the tort, die by the tort.

What remains to be done must be done by you; since in order not to deprive us of our free will and such share of glory as belongs to us, God will not do everything himself.

Armour belonging to someone else either chops off you or weighs you down or is too tight

When they're weighing up what someone has achieved - and this is particularly true with rulers, who can't be held to account - people look at the end result. So if a leader does what it takes to win power and keep it, his methods will always be reckoned honourable and widely praised. The crowd is won over by appearances and final results. And the world is all crowd: the dissenting few find no space so long as the majority have any grounds at all for their opinions.

From Plato: "The measure of a man is what he does with power.

You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one.

I've been burdened by questions I've asked myself a thousand times since the last time we were together. Why did I do it? And would I do it again? It was I, you see, who ended it.

In the end, people should be judged by their actions, since in the end, it was actions that defined everyone.

I'm sorry, I guess my company leaves a lot to be desired.

I wish I could simply forgive myself and move on, but then again, if I really wanted to change, why didn't I?

You either did something about it or you didn't, and then you lived with the choice you made. It didn't

Actions - not thoughts or intentions - were the way to judge others.

Vais encontrar muita gente pela vida fora que diz as palavras certas na altura certa. Mas, ao fim e ao cabo, é pelas suas acções que os deves julgar. São as acções e não as palavras que contam.

If you go up on a mountain and scream about change, you better make sure you're ready for people to come.

Even though I struggle with severe diminished brain function, I take 100 percent responsibility for every word that comes out of my mouth and gladly admit to my mistakes.

At the end of the day, all I can do is control me and what comes out of my mouth.

I like to put my money where my mouth is and go out there and perform and do what I gotta do.

It's only until we confront the darkness of our past that we can responsibly move forward.

Gotta be accountable for the decisions you make in life, and be able to move forward and make the best decisions.

You have to accept the fact that not all your decisions are going to be right - and when they are wrong, you have to own it right away. I try not to have an emotional connection or investment in the decisions I make so that when they need to change, I can quickly move on to: 'How do we fix this?'

The ability to say 'I was wrong' or to own up to your mistakes is very powerful. I teach my children that admitting fault is the quickest way to stop the problem, move on and get on with whatever it is you should be doing.

I am not very moved by historical apologies.