Quotes About Accountability

Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

I daily examine myself on three points:— whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful;— whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere;— whether I may have not mastered and practised the instructions of my teacher.

If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.

Don't complain about the snow on your neighbour's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

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If you yourself are correct, even without the issuing of orders, things will get done; if you yourself are incorrect, although orders are issued, they will not be obeyed

The philosopher Zeng said, I daily examine myself on three points: whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful; whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere; whether I may have not mastered and practiced the instructions of my teacher.

Every moment in your life is a turning and every one a choosing. Somewhere you made a choice. All followed to this. The accounting is scrupulous. The shape is drawn. No line can be erased. I had no belief in your ability to move a coin to your bidding. How could you? A person's path through the world seldom changes and even more seldom will it change abruptly. And the shape of your path was visible from the beginning.

Ever dumb thing I ever done in my life there was a decision I made before that got me into it. It was never the dumb thing. It was always some choice I'd made before it.

All my life, he said, I been witness to people showin up where they was supposed to be at various times after they'd said they'd be there. I never heard one yet that didnt have a reason for it. Yessir. But there aint but one reason. Yessir. You know what it is? No sir. It's that their word's no good. That's the only reason there ever was or ever will be.

If you break little promises you'll break big ones. That's what you said.

If you break little promises you'll break big ones.

All my life, he said, I been witness to people showin up where they was supposed to be at various times after they'd said they'd be there. I never heard one yet that didnt have a reason for it. Yessir. But there aint but one reason. Yessir. You know what it is? No sir. It's that their word's no good. That's the only reason there ever was or ever will be. Yessir.

I have to watch you all the time, the boy said. I know. If you break little promises you'll break big ones.

Om man bryter små löften kommer man att bryta stora också.

One thing about me, when I'm wrong I'll admit it. Well. That's a good trait to have.

Bunu yapmayaca??na söz vermiÅŸtin, dedi oÄŸlan. Neyi? Biliyorsun iÅŸte, baba. S?cak suyu yeniden kaba boÅŸaltt?, kendininkine de biraz kakao koydu, sonra geri verdi. Gözümün hep üstünde olmas? gerekiyor, dedi oÄŸlan. Biliyorum. Küçük sözlerden dönersen büyük sözlerden de dönersin. Öyle demiÅŸtin. Biliyorum. DönmeyeceÄŸim ama.

Do you know what happens with people who cannot govern themselves? That's right. Others come in to govern for them.

Would it have done any good? No sir. But that dont make it right.

You didnt slack up on him just the littlest bit? No. I dont believe in it.

Ever dumb thing I ever done in my life there was a decision I made before that got me into it. It was never the dumb thing. It was always some choice I'd made before it. You understand what I'm sayin?

if things are going reasonably well it's all your own doing and if not then it's all bad luck.

We must not allow our elected officials -many beholden to unaccountable corporate elites- to bastardize and pulverize the precious word democracy as they fail to respect and act on genuine democratic ideals

I hate that, I said. It's like there's no human beings in the chain of responsibility, just things-that-happen. It's the ultimate cop-out. The system did it. The company did it. The government did it. What about the person who pulls the trigger?