Quotes About Accountability

If you are going to be a winner, you have to acknowledge the truth—it is you who took the actions, thought the thoughts, created the feelings, and made the choices that got you to where you now are. It was you!

blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you.

Don't kid yourself.Be honest with yourself.Take your own inventory".

You — no one else!

As motivational philosopher Jim Rohn so aptly put it, "You can't hire someone else to do your push-ups for you.

You will never become successful as long as you continue to blame someone or something else for your lack of success.

people only complain about things they can do something about.

If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility for everything that you experience in your life.

There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in doing something, you do it only when it's convenient. When you're committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results. KEN BLANCHARD Chief Spiritual Officer of the Ken Blanchard Companies and coauthor of over 30 books, including the classic best seller The One Minute Manager

Putting in the Time Part of paying the price is the willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done. It comes from a declaration that you are going to get it done no matter what it takes, no matter how long it takes, no matter what comes up. It's a done deal. You are responsible for the results you intend. No excuses—just a world-class performance or an outstanding result that can be counted on.

If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility for everything that you experience in your life. This includes the level of your achievements, the results you produce, the quality of your relationships, the state of your health and physical fitness, your income, your debts, your feelings—everything!

to act as if you are 100% responsible for everything that does or doesn't happen to you. If something doesn't turn out as planned, you will ask yourself, How did I create that? What was I thinking? What were my beliefs? What did I say or not say? What did I do or not do to create that result? How did I get the other person to act that way? What do I need to do differently next time to get the result

Either accept that you are making the choice to stay where you are, take responsibility for your choice, and stop complaining . . . or . . . take the risk of doing something new and different to create your life exactly the way you want it.

To be powerful, you need to take the position that you create or allow everything that happens to you. By create, I mean that you directly cause something to happen by your actions or inactions.

You must take responsibility for removing I can't from your vocabulary.

It was the first time he'd circumvented the chain of command, going around his boss in the SOCOM Acquisition Office. With results like this he might have to do it more often.

There's a Man Goin' Round Taking Names —AUTHOR UNKNOWN

want any of you jarheads to screw this up.

Naturally, I am the leader, so it is my problem to see that each of us contributes his share'.

I have learned this: it is not what one does that is wrong, but what one becomes as a consequence of it." Oscar Wilde / #Hole_in_my_Life By Jack Gantos

We need leaders of conviction who have diverse constituencies always in mind, who carefully consider the larger contexts of their words and deeds. We need people who aren't afraid to stand for what they believe in, but who also recognize the privilege of their position. We need leaders who hold themselves accountable to their peers – leaders of great fortitude and great integrity.

Councils of war breed timidity and defeatism.

Was having someone else hunt and kill for you any different, morally, than doing it yourself, or was it worse because it removed you from the act while still requiring the kill?

They're talking about Kobe and how great it is that he's playing with the team. Well, isn't that what you're supposed to do? Now he's the savior because he's playing that way? He's no god. He does what he's supposed to be doing, which is what we learned in kindergarten. Share the ball and play. And that's what we do better than they do