Quotes about Accountability

Never say that I have taken it, only that I have given it back.

In the long run, every man will pay the penalty for his own misdeeds. The man who remembers this will be angry with no one, indignant with no one, revile no one, blame no one, offend no one, hate no one.

There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

They made a mistake. And it was an easy mistake to make. I don't regard setting incentives aggressively as a mistake. I think the mistake was, when the bad news came, they didn't recognize it directly. I don't think that impairs the future of Wells Fargo. They'll be better for it.

I learned one thing in Watergate: I was well-intentioned but rationalized illegal behavior. You cannot live your life other than walking in the truth. Your means are as important as your ends.

I'm the only president you've got.

I'm a big boy now, and I have to deliver.

You've got to demand the truth from yourself.

As we consider the causes of depression, those of us in the church must face the ways we might be responsible for creating it.

We, as the Marley family, won't be responsible for destroying the community.