Accountability Quotes

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  A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

  Thomas Paine

  Trust, Men, Liberty

  Thomas Paine, Bruce Kuklick (2000). “Paine: Political Writings”, p.100, Cambridge University Press

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• I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results.

  Carly Fiorina

  Accomplishment, Titles, World

  "Carly Fiorina, the other woman". Interview with Glenn Harlan Reynolds, www.usatoday.com. July 19, 2015.

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• The key to growth is to learn to make promises and to keep them.

  Stephen Covey

  Keys, Growth, Promise

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.55, Simon and Schuster

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• Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to the result.

  Bob Proctor

  Commitment, Ties, Glue

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• On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable

  Joe Dumars

  Basketball, Team, Player

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• Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.

  Pat Summitt

  Powerful, Team, Responsibility

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.38, Crown Business

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• You can't talk about leadership without talking about responsibility and accountability...you can't separate the two. A leader must delegate responsibility and provide the freedom to make decisions, and then be held accountable for the results.

  Buck Rodgers

  Responsibility, Talking, Two

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• No individual can achieve worthy goals without accepting accountability for his or her own actions.

  Dan Miller

  Motivational, Goal, Action

  Dan Miller (2008). “No More Dreaded Mondays: Ignite Your Passion - and Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work”, p.51, Crown Business

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• It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.

  Josiah Stamp

  Integrity, Responsibility, Community

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• Accountability breeds response-ability.

  Stephen Covey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Freedom

  Stephen R. Covey (1992). “Principle Centered Leadership”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

  Ronald Reagan

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  Ronald Reagan's Speech at the Republican National Convention, Platform Committee Meeting, Miami, Florida, July 31, 1968.

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  The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Responsibility, Immoral

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.251, Oxford University Press

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• Accountability only works if you want it to.

  Dillon Burroughs

  Want, Ifs

  Dillon Burroughs (2011). “Undefending Christianity: Embracing Truth Without Having All the Answers”, p.5, Harvest House Publishers

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• There's responsibility, but there's also accountability. You have to be accountable for your actions. You have to stand at your locker when things are going bad.

  Derek Jeter

  Responsibility, Lockers, Action

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  A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

  John Stuart Mill

  Life, Evil, Political

  John Stuart Mill, G. W. Smith (1998). “John Stuart Mill's Social and Political Thought: Freedom”, p.110, Taylor & Francis

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• Every day we have a choice. We can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road sometimes based on a dream of a past that never was, fear of each other, distancing and blame, or we can take the much more difficult path, the road of transformation, transcendence, compassion, and love, but also accountability and justice.

  Jacqueline Novogratz

  Dream, Past, Compassion

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• Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship.

  Mike Paul

  Trust, Honesty, Block

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• You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 22, 2015

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• If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.

  Christine Gregoire

  Unity, Want, Ifs

  Christine Gregoire's Inaugural Speech in Olympia, Washington, awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu. January 12, 2005.

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• Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.

  Rick Warren

  People, Advice, Watches

  FaceBook post by Pastor Rick Warren from Jul 14, 2013

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• When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

  David Brin

  People, Literature, Demand

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• Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

  Wes Fesler

  Men, Good Man, Bounds

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• The collapse of good conscience and the absence of accountability and public scrutiny have led to crimes against humanity and violations of international law.

  Nelson Mandela

  Law, Humanity, Society

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.14, Pan Macmillan

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• When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

  Louis Nizer

  Kids, Responsibility, Men

  My Life in Court ch. 1 (1961)

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