Quotes about Accountability

Of a surety, at the Day of Judgment it will be demanded of us, not what we have read, but what we have done; not how well we have spoken, but how holily we have lived.

He who demands mercy and shows none burns the bridges over which he himself must later pass.

When it comes to the income of the ministry, I have no problem talking about it or what happens to the money.

Some say we are responsible for those we love. Others know we are responsible for those who love us.

if there is no God, everything is lawful

No one has the right to do wrong, even if wrong has been done to them.

that no one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.

Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness.

It did not really matter what we expected from life but rather what life expected from us.

freedom is in danger of degenerating into mere arbitrariness unless it is lived in terms of responsibleness.

Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual.

Only slowly could these men be guided back to the commonplace truth that no one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them. We had to strive to lead them back to this truth, or the consequences would have been much worse than the loss of a few thousand