Quotes About Accountability

We are responsible for what we are; and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.

We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow. To pass these defendants a poisoned chalice is to put it to our own lips as well.

We must never forget that the record on which we judge these defendants today is the record on which history will judge us tomorrow.

If he gave an assignment, he didn't really care how it was done or who did it or what problems they had. It just had to get done, and that was that.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

How teachers are evaluated will most certainly alter how teachers teach.

Epictetus said: The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

The worker is not the problem. The problem is at the top! Management!

Beware of conference-room promises. (Ronald Moen.)

Divided responsibility means that nobody is responsible.

Blame the process, not the people.

The superintendent is afraid to make a decision. If he does nothing, he has nothing to explain to his superiors. No explanation is required if a man in management for doing nothing.

The pay and privilege of the captains of industry are now so closely linked to the quarterly dividend that they may find it personally unrewarding to do what is right for the company.

You can expect what you inspect.

To save your world, you asked this man to die: Would this man, could he see you now, asked why?

Sanitizing the past is every bit as morally irresponsible as whitewashing atrocities in the present.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

It's rare that I hear the author blame the real culprit: themselves. It's hard to admit but it's the first step toward selling more books and understanding who bears the true responsibility for selling books—the author.

Honest and earnest criticism from those whose interests are most nearly touched,- criticism of writers by readers, of government by those governed, of leaders by those led, - this is the soul of democracy and the safeguard of modern society

Expect no help from others, for who Talk sense to princes or refer to The scorpion in official speeches As they unveil some granite Progress Leading a child and holding a bunch Of lilies?

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

I'm ashamed of what has happened to Canada. And I'm not leaving a $1.5 trillion deficit to my kids. No chance in hell is that happening.

Either our wills are determined by prior causes and we are not responsible for them, or they are the product of chance and we are not responsible for them.

The courage of leadership is giving others the chance to succeed even though you bear the responsibility for getting things done.