16 Quotes About Accountability
"It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." ― Moliere
"A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody." ― Thomas Paine
"Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility." ― Sigmund Freud
"Take accountability... Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown." ― Steve Maraboli
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses." -- George Washington Carver
"Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off." -- General Colin Powell
"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." -- Lou Holtz
"Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have." ― Pat Summitt
"Wisdom stems from personal accountability. We all make mistakes; own them... learn from them. Don't throw away the lesson by blaming others." ― Steve Maraboli
"The price of greatness is responsibility." -- Winston Churchill
"On good teams, coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable." ― Joe Dumars
"Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation." ― Carl Levin
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else." ― Benjamin Franklin
"You steadily grow into becoming your best as you choose to be accountable and accept responsibility for improvement." ― Steve Shallenberger
"On one side of accountability is courage, on the other is freedom." ― Jean Hamilton-Fford