Quotes about Accountability

High performance teams master the art of straight talk. They have learned how to confront issues and address behaviors without attacking or provoking one another.

Our behavior may be the most critical factor used by others in their decision to "lend" trust to us, as our actions reflect our character. When we honor our commitments and do what we say we will do, others will be inclined to deposit their trust with us.

Trust is earned (more realistically it is lent) every time leaders do what they say they will do, do it with excellence, and do

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

We are much more forgiving of those who are willing to come clean right away.

I can't imagine the pressure you must be under to have the weight of an entire country on your shoulders.

If we know we are going to be rebuked anyhow, isn't it far better to beat the other person to it and do it ourselves? Isn't it much easier to listen to self-criticism than to bear condemnation from alien lips?

We have all read the golden rule and the Sermon on the Mount. Our trouble is not ignorance, but inaction.

The so-called "right to privacy" of which so much is made in contemporary life is in very large measure merely a way of avoiding scrutiny in our wrongdoing.

So the call to "give an account" is, first, not a call to beat unwilling people into intellectual submission, but to be the servant of those in need, often indeed the servant of those who are in the grip of their own intellectual self-righteousness and pride, usually reinforced by their social surroundings.

What is the point of standing up for rights in a world where few stand up for their responsibilities? Your rights will do you little good unless others are responsible

You cannot choose conditions and reject the consequences. Even a "bill of rights" cannot change that.