Quotes about Accountability

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

The world runs by ungrace. Everything depends on what I do.

Forgiveness is not the same as pardon, he advises: you may forgive one who wronged you and still insist on a just punishment for that wrong.

God formed an alliance based on the world as it is, full of flaws, whereas prayer calls God to account for the world as it should be.

Men, on the most elementary level, you do not have to go to church to be a Christian. You do not have to go home to be married either. But in both cases if you do not, you will have a very poor relationship.

In one case, you're hoping someone else will do the right thing. In the other case, you're directing your own life, even if someone else does something stupid. Guess which path is going to be more successful.

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed" (Genesis 9:6; emphasis added).

We measure morality by what happens. Not what is intended.

The Hasidic Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772—1810) taught, 'If you are not going to be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need do you have for tomorrow?' To which Telushkin has added: 'And if no one feels comfortable criticizing you, the likelihood that you will be better tomorrow is most probably nonexistent.

A very important but difficult piece of renewing relationships is accepting responsibility for our part in any conflict. If we have a relationship in need of repair, we must remember that the wrong is not usually all on one side, and we are more easily able to restore relations when we look at our contribution to a conflict.

What about evil, you may ask? Aren't some people just evil, just monsters, and aren't such people just unforgivable? I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil. To relegate someone to the level of monster is to deny that person's ability to change and to take away that person's accountability for his or her actions and behavior.

Pursuing the goal, the leader never looks back or calculates escape strategies if plans turn sour. Nor does a true leader cast blame for failure on subordinates.