Quotes about Accountability

What we believe determines how we live. Men who sincerely believed that what they were doing was right have perpetrated many of the most hideous crimes against humanity.

The instructive admonitions, "give an account of thy stewardship,"—"occupy till I come;" are forgotten. Thus the generous and wakeful spirit of Christian Benevolence, seeking and finding every where occasions for its exercise, is exploded, and a system of decent selfishness is avowedly established in its stead; a system scarcely more to be abjured for its impiety, than to be abhorred for its cold insensibility to the opportunities of diffusing happiness.

The Bible specifically states that sin cannot be blamed on how God made us. "When tempted, no one should say 'God is tempting me' " (Jas. 1:13). God wants us to come to terms with our sin and embrace the solution He has provided that can save us from judgment.

Responsibility is the price of greatness.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Freedom exists only where people take care of the government.

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."~

In the best establishments, promises are always kept, whatever it may cost in agony and overtime.

How many of us dare not use our time or money or talents as we would, because we realise they are the Lord's, not ours?

Never underestimate yourself when you do what is right. Never overestimate yourself when you do what is wrong.

Behave like men, and not like witless sheep...

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say