Quotes About Accountability

Excuses are used to justify leaving the scene of truth without changing.

Never complain about what you permit to be.

Until you accept responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life.

Leaders who won't own failures become failures.

If you accept excuses from others, it's usually because you have accepted your own excuse.

Pressure squeezes effort out of winners and excuses out of losers.

But is the word used before you rationalize why the situation is not your fault nor responsibility.

A person who buys excuses will soon attempt to sell them to others.

Leaders respond & change; the rest quit and blame.

A leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.

No business can be made easier to do than excuses are to make.

People will follow you when you build the character to follow through.

A leader who accepts his own excuses cannot help others overcome theirs.

The gap between intentions and actions is character.

Leaders begin with a different question than others. Replacing who can I blame with how am I responsible?

Leaders do what ought to be done whether their deeds are known by thousands or known by no one.

You cannot expect your team to rise above your example.

When a leader buys his own excuses, he also, unfortunately, sells them to his team.

To lead from the front you must get off your behind.

People buy into leaders through the 3R's of Leadership: Relationship, Reason, and Results.

People fail 2 ways: 1) don't know what to do 2) don't do what they know; therefore, great leaders must educate and inspire.

The character to follow thru on commitments made to others is built by following thru on commitments made to self.

Every leader has the courage to make decisions. No decision is usually the worst decision.

Compromised commitments today lead to creative excuses tomorrow.