Quotes about Accountability

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions

Uniqueness isn't a virtue. It's a responsibility.

When everything is said and done, God isn't going to say, "Well said," "Well thought," or "Well planned." There is one measuring stick: "Well done, good and faithful servant!"5

When your life is over, the world will ask you only one question: 'Did you do what you were supposed to do?'" That's not just a good question. That's the question... It cannot be answered with words. It must be answered with your life.

Sixth, tough conversations get tougher the longer you wait. I tend to avoid conflict, but I've come to realize that I'm not doing anybody any favors when I do so.

It's not my name that's at stake.

I know the vanity of your heart, and that you will feel mortified that your congregation is very small, in comparison with those of your brethren around you; but assure yourself on the word of an old man, that when you come to give an account of them to the Lord Christ, at his judgment-seat, you will think you have had enough.

As long as we fail to face up to the past and deal with it accordingly, the future will smack of corruption.

It is only by acknowledging that you have created everything up until now that you can take charge of creating the future you want.

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

But the only possible guarantee of the future is responsible behavior in the present.