Quotes about Accountability

Until a person can say deeply and honestly, "I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday," that person cannot say, "I choose otherwise.

Look at the word responsibility—"response-ability"—the ability to choose your response.

It means more than merely taking initiative. It means that as human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions.

I just can't seem to keep a promise I make to myself.

Don't get into a blaming, accusing mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be

We are free to choose our response in any situation, but in doing so, we choose the attendant consequence. When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other

We can't recall them, we can't undo them, we can't control the consequences that came as a result

Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it—immediately. Don't get into a blaming, accusing mode. Work on things you have control over. Work on you. On be.

We are responsible for our own effectiveness, for our own happiness, and ultimately, I would say, for most of our circumstances.

Whenever someone in our family, even one of the younger children, takes an irresponsible position and waits for someone else to make things happen or provide a solution, we tell them, "Use your R and I!" (resourcefulness and initiative).

Anytime we think the problem is "out there," that thought is the problem.

You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.