Quotes about Accountability
Someday all of us will give account of the way we have used the gifts God has given. The person to whom much has been given will find much required of him.
— Billy Graham
The Internal Revenue Service wants a record of how you spend your money, but that is nothing compared to the books God is keeping.
— Billy Graham
We should say nothing that we would not wish to say in His Presence. We should do nothing that we would not do in His Presence.
— Billy Graham
We are called to obey Christ. He is the Master of our lives and has washed us in His blood, which cleanses our souls, our minds, and our mouths. The world is watching. What do they see and hear?
— Billy Graham
Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.
— Booker T. Washington
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
— Booker T. Washington
God sleepeth not, and He will visit His judgement upon you. Better were it for you to have a millstone hung about your neck and sink into the sea than to be hated and despised of all men.
— Helen Keller
I didn't want to submit to the army and then, on the day of judgment, have God say to me, 'Why did you do that?' This life is a trial, and you realize that what you do is going to be written down for Judgment Day.
— Muhammad Ali
Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing.
— Mother Angelica
Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.
— Napoleon Hill
I think guilt is directional. You should get rid of it, but the way to get rid of it is not to get rid of the guilt feelings. It is to get rid of the wrong that you did that caused the guilt feelings.
— Philip Yancey
Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.
— Ulysses S. Grant