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Quotes About Accountability

I will not leave you until I have seen you hanged.
~ Moliere
Track accountability is the best way to describe it. You're looking to see which dog accounts for the most tracks in the smoothest manner.
~ Edward Higgins White
Leaders should be reliable without being predictable. They should be consistent without being anticipated
~ Mike Krzyzewski
You do the best you can and you deal with the consequences. It's all there is.
~ Robert B. Parker
We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.
~ Samantha Power
I want to be held accountable. I want my teammates and my coaches to push me to be the best that I can be.
~ Dwight Howard
The best business plans are straightforward documents that spell out the who, what, where, why, and how much.
~ Paula Nelson
Yes, it seems that as the President (George W. Bush) comes to the end of his two terms, he's finally realized the best way to get things done for you, is for you to do it.
~ Jon Stewart
A true friend holds you accountable to your best self.
~ Mike Glenn
We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.
~ Amy Dickinson
I owe one thing to my public - the best performance I can give.
~ Johnny Carson
Coachable people seek out those who speak truth to them, even if it is a painful truth, because it protects them and it makes them a better person and leader.
~ Gary Rohrmayer
I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.
~ Mike Quigley
You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.
~ Preston Sturges
Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.
~ Roger Mahony
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.
~ Martin Van Buren
There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn't.
~ Peter Drucker
In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.
~ Ross Perot
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Why should we tell kidnappers, murderers, and embezzlers their rights? If they don't know their rights, they shouldn't be in the business.
~ Pat Paulsen
As a manager the important thing is not what happens when you are there, but what happens when you are not there
~ Ken Blanchard
What was everybody's business in the end proved to be nobody's business. Each one looked to the other to take the lead, and the aggressorsgot away with it.
~ Jan Smuts
Living up to your commitments is part of business ethics. My word is my bond.
~ Isadore Sharp
Deregulation has been, above all else, a means of reducing corporate business's accountability to the public.
~ Herbert Schiller