Quotes About Accountability

Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working hard and creating a solid future.

It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.

Future generations may well have occasion to ask themselves, "What were our parents thinking? Why didn't they wake up when they had a chance?" We have to hear that question from them, now.

I have long come to believe that, more than any other destruction, our word-recklessness is endangering the future of us all.

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

But the only possible guarantee of the future is responsible behavior in the present.

Our kids are going to be so angry with us one day. We've charged their future on our Visa cards.

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

practically nothing we do ever stands by itself. If it is good, it will serve some good purpose in the future. If it is evil, it may haunt us and handicap our efforts in unimagined ways.

I was about to write that in the future I would chose my words more carefully but I'm sure I won't.

It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results as you go.

We are 100% responsible for all our experiences. Every thought we think is creating our future.

Assume everything you put on the Internet can and will be seen not only by the person you're talking about, but your future romantic partners and bosses, too.

While politicians may be forgiven for failing to predict the future - who can, alas? - it is amazing that they defiantly ignore the past.

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future.

Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past.

It's never been my goal to be king of the prom. It's been my goal to do the right thing and get the job done.

Nobody ever tells me to give them a pass or anything. My job is to score goals, and if I don't shoot the puck, I can't score goals.

Daily, I examine myself in three areas. Have I done my best when doing things for others? Have I been trustworthy in my dealings with my friends? Have I revised the lessons I have been taught?

I tape my list of goals, both large and small, above my bed so I can see them when I wake up. This holds me accountable.

The goal is justice, the method? is transparency. It's important not to confuse the goal and the method.

I tried to walk a line between acting lawfully AND testifying falsely, but I now realize that I did not fully accomplish that goal.