Quotes about Accountability

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and Rome no one would have dreamed of considering political leaders anyone's servants. The job of the leader was to lead. But Christ invented the notion that the way to lead is by serving the needs of others, especially those who are the most needy.

How easy it is to blame others for our unhappiness, but we are only unhappy when something other than Christ has become our life.

If you blame others for something that happens in your life, then you must wait until they change in order to get better.

The problem in my life and other people's lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.

The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.

Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.

The worst sin against stewardship is to waste your life.

Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you, and act accordingly.

There is only one person responsible for the quality of life you live and that person is you.

People don't like the idea of consequences. They want to be able to live their life freely and do what they want to do without any consequences. And we know that's just not the way life is.