Quotes About Accountability

You cannot be upset about results you don't have from work you didn't do.

The greatest leaders are reluctant ones who lead because they realize that no one else seems willing to step up.

It is a weak man who blames his failures on the strength of others.

I began to suspect that the ultimate sacrifice isn't death after all; the ultimate sacrifice is willingly bearing the fullest penalty for your own actions.

Law can change how people behave when others are watching that's all.

If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.

faithfully kept a Confucian-style diary of daily self-criticism.

Your security is not in the hands of Kerry, Bush or al-Qaida. Your security is in your own hands.

My unhappiness stemmed entirely from my own vices, and I had no way of fighting anybody.

Society won't stand for it. It's not society. You're the one who won't stand for it--right? If you do such a thing society will make you suffer for it. It's not society. It's you, isn't it? Before you know it, you'll be ostracized by society. It's not society. You're going to do the ostracizing, aren't you?

He must live up to his friend's trust— that alone mattered.

There's no such thing as 'seeing what happens' in this life. To do something just to see what happens is exactly the same as just plain doing it.

It may require courage to say what they said, but were they really able to take responsibility for the consequences?

The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.

Democracy is never far from Transparency just like the term Democracy is not far away from explaining what the term Unity means.

Free and independent media underpin any vibrant democracy.

Greater freedom frequently comes with greater responsibility.

The most important tasks of a democracy are done by everyone.

I envy people who drink—at least they know what to blame everything on.

It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.

There is luxury in self-reproach.... When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

Nature has come to a point where now, unless you take individual responsibility, you cannot grow.

If we indulge in inordinate affection, anger, anxiety, God holds us responsible; but He also insists that we have to be passionately filled with the right emotions.

At least once a week examine yourself before God to see if your life is measuring up to the standard He has for you.