16 Quotes About Accountability

Andy Ellwood -
  1. "It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable." ― Moliere
  2. "A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody." ― Thomas Paine
  3. "Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility." ― Sigmund Freud
  4. "Take accountability... Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown." ― Steve Maraboli
  5. "Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." --Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  6. "Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses." --   George Washington Carver
  7. "Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off." --   General Colin Powell
  8. "The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it." --   Lou Holtz
  9. "Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have." ― Pat Summitt
  10. "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
  11. "The price of greatness is responsibility." --   Winston Churchill
  12. "On good teams, coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable." ― Joe Dumars
  13. "Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation." ― Carl Levin
  14. "He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else." ― Benjamin Franklin
  15. "You steadily grow into becoming your best as you choose to be accountable and accept responsibility for improvement." ― Steve Shallenberger
  16. "On one side of accountability is courage, on the other is freedom." ― Jean Hamilton-Fford

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