Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.
For years now I have been talking about personal responsibility and accountability, both in our private lives and in the halls of government. Those are important principles here in Idaho, and they will form the basis of this administration.
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility in the final analysis. The one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
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.
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.
We will seek to implement specific changes in the manufacturing and distribution practices to promote more responsibility and accountability.
Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.
The twin sister to autonomy and freedom is responsibility and accountability. You cannot have one with out the other. If someone is given an area of responsibility, not only must they be set free to do it, they must also be held accountable for what they do. Accountability clarifies freedom. In the teams and companies where you see boundary confusion, power struggles, control, over-reaching of one's line of responsibility, you will also see lapses in accountability as well.
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.
I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.
The years I spent in a Steelers uniform & the years I spent in the military stressed the importance of teamwork and the sacrifices you had to make to accomplish the mission. And each emphasized individual responsibility and accountability.
I think it's one thing to be part of a very important group called the Senate of the United States and cast a vote. You're one of 100. I think it says even more to be a governor, where you ultimately have that political responsibility and accountability to succeed.
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