201 quotes found
“Blaming others is an act of refusing to take responsibility. When a person can’t accept the fact or the reality, they blamed another person or the situation instead of taking accountability.”
“If untruths become part of our language—untruths that in context are intended to be interpreted as polite expressions or figure of speech—then each person is left to decide for themselves the meani...”
“There is nothing more valuable in the writing process than a friend to hold you accountable to your own potential.”
“Requiring accountability while also extending your compassion is not the easiest course of action, but it is the most humane, and, ultimately, the safest for the community.”
“Before you make a decision, ask yourself this question: will it result in regret or joy in the future?”
“The pressure of adversity is the most powerful sustainer of accountability. It's as though everything you do is multiplied by 50 in order to surpass those with a head-start. I was never capable of ...”
“An apology can be a wonderful thing so long as it is infrequent and from the heart. However, beware of the person who justifies bad behavior with apologies. For them it is a means to an end, and qu...”
“The dark might be dark, but at least we don’t have to look at ourselves when we’re standing in it.”
“One of the bigger mistakes of our time, I suppose, was preaching the demonization of all judgment without teaching how to judge righteously. We now live in an age where, apart from the inability to...”
“If two people truly have feelings for one another then they don’t have an affair. They get a divorce and they sort out their feelings. You are accountable for the people you hold hostage in a marri...”
“When I’m at the bottom looking up, the main question may not be ‘how do I get out of this hole?’ In reality, the main question might be ‘how do I get rid of the shovel that I used to dig it?”
“The older you get the more you realize that just because someone has an important job doesn't necessarily mean that they do it responsibly, or are even good at it. There are many 'D' students runni...”
“When a bully is held accountable for his actions, his future actions will change. Bad behavior only continues for those who allow it.”
“I don’t like the idea of something where you have to depend upon the integrity of the man and not the integrity of the institution.”
“Individual free choices” can only be the expression of an “individual free will”.The notion of an “individual free will” generating “individual free choices” creates a much needed consequence: pers...”
“Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility.”
“Own your mistakes. Even when you’re in the process ofscrewing up.”
“He was cross-examining my subconscious .”
“all believers should “submit to each other out of reverence for Christ.” In many ways, wives should submit to their husbands in the same way any believer should submit to other believers, specifica...”
“The problem is not that we don’t recognize the truth when we hear it. The problem is that we don’t want to recognize what the truth might mean for us if we hear it.”
