Quotes About Accountability

Whatever our destiny is or may be, we have made it ourselves, and we do not complain of it.

Well, what should I have done? Counted every tree?" "Of course, they must be counted. You didn't count them, but Ryabinin did. Ryabinin's children will have means of livelihood and education, while yours maybe will not!

And the most awful thing about it is that it's all my fault—all my fault, though I'm not to blame.

But really, why should you distress yourself? Whoever stirs up the past — out with his eye! Who is not a sinner before God and to blame before the Tsar, as the saying is?

Cowardice is knowing what you should do and then not doing it. Confucius

One man may not kill. If he kills a fellow-creature, he is a murderer. If two, ten, a hundred men do so, they, too, are murderers. But a government or a nation may kill as many men as it chooses, and that will not be murder, but a great and noble action.

I did not expect this of you,' said the staff-captain seriously and severely. 'You don't wish to apologize, young sir, but it's not only to him but to the whole regiment—all of us—you're to blame all around. The

Pero es difícil que un hombre descontento consigo mismo no culpe a otra persona, sobre todo a la que tiene más cerca, de su situación. Y Levin

You are not to be guarded in your actions either by what has been or what will be, but only by what it is your own duty to do.

Mas, para uma pessoa insatisfeita, é difícil não por a culpa nos outros, sobretudo em quem estiver mais perto de tudo aquilo que causa a sua insatisfação.

At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.

A country cannot live in disorder, incompetence, irresponsibility, uncertainty, and corruption.

Innocence is no excuse in the eyes of the Law.

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law.

Some Day Someone is going to pick up this book (The Bible) and believe it, and put us all to shame.

Is life's span so dear and are home comforts so engrossing as to be purchased with my unfaithfulness and dry-eyed prayerlessness? At the final bar of God, shall the perishing millions accuse me of materialism coated with a few Scripture verses?

For the thought of throwing the explosive does not come from our philosophic attitude but from the fact that we are holding it.

Relationships are most likely to fail when we don't address problems or hold our partner accountable for unfair or irresponsible behavior ... the ability to clarify our values, beliefs, and life goals--and then to keep our behavior congruent with them--is at the heart of a solid marriage.

Honor your commitments with integrity.

People pleasers, however, tend to overlook the reality that others are responsible

You damn your own soul better than I ever could.

It's not a guideline—it's a deadline.

In addition, staying together regardless of the costs continues to enable the husband to grossly sin against them with no consequences, which is not biblical.

Contrary to what destructive people will say, the most loving thing we can do for them is hold them accountable for their actions. This indeed may cost us sacrifice and suffering. We do this not only for our benefit but with the hope that as we draw a line in the sand and say "no more" they will wake up to their own sinfulness and repent.