Quotes about Responsibility

Good actions represent the dividing line between words and results.

Most people's natural inclination is to judge themselves according to their best qualities while they measure others by their worst. As a result, they point to areas where their teammates need to grow. But the truth is that every person is responsible for his own growth first.

Leading with a lack of integrity is choosing to fail before taking your first step."

For a team to succeed, responsibility must go down deep into the organization, down to the roots. Getting that to happen requires a leader who will delegate responsibility and authority to the team. Stephen Covey remarked, "People and organizations don't grow much without delegation and completed staff work, because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses." Good leaders seldom restrict their teams; they release them."

Remember that the best leader should be responsible for hiring other leaders.

Leaders have to grow into their roles, and if the role becomes more demanding, the leader has to keep growing. Leadership is never a right. It's a privilege and a responsibility. But it's one that is open to anyone who's willing to work hard enough to get it.

Maturity doesn't come with age. It begins with the acceptance of responsibility.

If everyone doesn't pay the price to win, then everyone will pay the price by losing.

Make developing leaders a priority. It will require you to shift from doing to developing. It will require you to believe in people. And it will require you to share the load. Leadership is the art of helping people change from who they're thought to be to who they ought to be.

Choose to be responsible for how you view your circumstances.

The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality." That can happen only when the leader is willing to hear and face the truth.

THE LAW OF COUNTABILITY Teammates Must Be Able to Count on Each Other When It Counts.