1. We are all accountable for our actions; their affect and influence on our lives and the lives of others.

- Sameh Elsayed

2. The benefits and possibilities that are created by being personally accountable are countless.

- Jay Fiset

3. Blame is the coward’s solution to his fear of accountability.

- Craig D. Lounsbrough

4. Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place.

- Alan Dershowitz

5. Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

- Wes Fessler

6. Blaming, whining, deflecting accountability, risk aversion, and resistance to change are but a handful of symptoms of the adversity-beaten individual and organization.

- Paul G. Stoltz

7. Don’t get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.

- W. R. Inge

8. Leaders inspire accountability through their ability to accept responsibility before they place blame.

- Courtney Lynch

9. Being accountable is somewhat ingrained into the life of a first responder.

- Asa Don Brown

10. One person’s embarrassment is another person’s accountability.

- Tom Price

11. A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

- Thomas Paine

12. Accountability is where the cowardice of my teetering self-image is wrangled into submission by the force of my ethics.

- Craig D. Lounsbrough

13. One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned about habit development is that you need accountability to stick to a major goal. It’s not enough to make a personal commitment.

- S. J. Scott

14. To be accountable means that we are willing to be responsible to another person for our behavior and it implies a level of submission to another’s opinions and viewpoints.

- Wayde Goodall

15. Open collaboration encourages greater accountability, which in turn fosters trust.

- Ron Garan

16. Creating a culture of integrity and accountability not only improves effectiveness, it also generates a respectful, enjoyable and life-giving setting in which to work.

- Tom Hanson

17. Make yourself accountable and your employees will hold themselves to a high standard.

- David J. Greer

18. Talent is part of the equation, but when you combine talent with accountability and authenticity, it is tough to beat.

- David Ross

19. Goodness makes you accountable, accountability strengthens your goodness.

- Abhijit Naskar

20. Accountability in friendship is the equivalent of love without strategy.

- Anita Brookner

21. Accountability, is the state or condition of being accountable or responsible. That is right. We are responsible for what goes on in our heads.

- John Faulkner

22. Teams keep leaders accountable for the goal. Individuals connected to no one can change the goal without accountability.

- John C. Maxwell

23. When accountability is present, people keep their eyes on a very clear prize. They know what they are working toward and how they are going to get there.

- Henry J. Evans

24. Accountability is a statement of personal promise, both to yourself and to the people around you, to deliver specific defined results.

- Brian Dive, The Accountable Leader

25. Building a culture in which people take accountability to deliver on its promises is hard work and can be difficult to accomplish. Only when every person is held accountable to themselves, their peers, and their shared possibility can the impossible become possible.

- Ginger Graham

26. The most important thing is there is a foundation and an accountability to a system.

- Erik Spoelstra

27. I believe in decentralized management that includes a lot of delegation, empowerment, and accountability.

- Anthony Scaramucci

28. You steadily grow into becoming your best as you choose to be accountable and accept responsibility for improvement.

- Steve Shallenberger

29. Accountability means to say what you do, do what you say.

- Pearl Zhu

30. It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.

- Moliere

31. Break the riddle of accountability, the thinking goes, and you will have solved one of the thorniest issues in modern business.

- Mihnea Moldoveanu

32. Forgiving yourself, not guilt, increases personal accountability.

- David D. Burns

33. The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.

- Lou Holtz

34. The benefit of truly accountable leaders is that they are able to create effective structures where their staff know what is expected of them, and can improve the business for customers.

- Jane Storm

35. The reason people blame things on the previous generation is that there’s only one other choice.

- Doug Larson

36. Individuals and teams have a sense of ownership, and are focused, disciplined and collaborative, while holding each other accountable for outcomes.

- Di Worrall

37. Accountability separates the wishers in life from the action-takers that care enough about their future to account for their daily actions.

- John Di Lemme

38. Open collaboration encourages greater accountability, which in turn fosters trust.

- Ron Garan

39. Accountability is a key concept in moving an organization forward, especially in a challenging business climate.

- Cindy Tucker

40. If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.

- Henry Cloud

41. Accountability and self-responsibility are critical to our success in personal, professional and public life. However, we often look for those character traits in others, rather than inculcating them in ourselves.

- Vishwas Chavan

42. Take accountability… Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown.

- Steve Maraboli

43. The greatest gift we can give our children is teaching them accountability.

- Ron Baratono

44. It’s just that we’re all accountable for our own happiness. And being happy does matter. It’s up to each of us to find out what shape or form that takes.

- Peter Jennings

45. I believe that accountability is the basis of all meaningful human achievement.

- Sam Silverstein

46. The first step to creating a wealthy life is starting from wherever you are today. That self-honesty takes the highest level of personal accountability.

- Loral Langemeier

47. At the end of the day we are accountable to ourselves – our success is a result of what we do.

- Catherine Pulsifer

48. Intentions do not insulate us from the consequences of our actions.

- Jon D. Harrison

49. With a company full of accountable people, extraordinary things, even the entirely unexpected, tend to happen.

- Roger Connors

50. There’s not a chance we’ll reach our full potential until we stop blaming each other and start practicing personal accountability.

- John Miller

51. Accountability is the only real beginning to change.

- Daniel Abbott

52. On one side of accountability is courage, on the other is freedom.

- Jean Hamilton-Ford

53. The notion of accountability has emerged as a human tool to motivate people – do what you’re supposed to do or you’ll be held to account.

- Art Horn

54. Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.

- Pat Summitt

55. Transparency and accountability must be restored in politics.

- Park Won-soon

56. Accountability is the line of control between human and animal behavior.

- Abhijit Naskar

57. Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.

- George Washington Carver

58. When people feel accountable and included, it is more fun.

- Alan Mulally

59. No individual can achieve worthy goals without accepting accountability for his or her own actions.

- Dan Miller

60. If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.

- Henry Cloud

61. When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

- Louis Nizer

62. Take accountability… Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown.

- Steve Maraboli

63. In reality, we all have our lives, and the accountability for the achievement of our dreams and goals falls strictly on our own shoulders.

- Thomas Matt

64. Be accountable for doing the right things. This means ethical execution of the activities that will actually support the goals you have chosen for yourself.

- Sam Silverstein

65. Some want, to be exempt. They do not want to excel, they do not want to exert. They want to be considered excellent, for desiring to be held exempt, from all accountability.

- Justin K. McFarlane Beau

66. True love does not only encompass the things that make you feel good, it also holds you to a standard of accountability.

- Monica Johnson

67. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

- Benjamin Franklin

68. Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.

- Rick Warren

69. A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account at last.

- Joseph Fort Newton

70. For most people, blaming others is a subconscious mechanism for avoiding accountability. In reality, the only thing in your way is YOU.

- Steve Maraboli

71. Today’s seed is tomorrow’s shade, but you must sow it first and nourish it with an uncorrupted accountability.

- Abhijit Naskar

72. There is a fine line between overbearing accountability and an allowance for mistakes.

- Miles Anthony Smith

73. Never promise more than you can perform.

- Publilius Syrus

74. There is no accountability today… no willingness to focus on big ideas.

- Michael Bloomberg

75. To be accountable or to be a victim is one of those elemental decisions that everyone needs to make. Simply, the former leads you to a happier and more rewarding life.

- Rob Pitfield

76. Understanding the true meaning of accountability makes us strong and enables us to learn.

- Sameh Elsayed

77. Neither age nor experience matters when it comes to being personally accountable for any and all outcome s- no excuses whatsoever – be they positive or negative, nor shifting blame to other people or to external factors.

- Kory Livingstone

78. Simple organizational structure and clear accountability are necessary conditions for the exercise of effective leadership.

- John Adair

79. The keys to brand success are self-definition, transparency, authenticity and accountability.

- Simon Mainwaring

80. Men are more accountable for their motives than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

- Archibald Alexander

81. I learned in an extremely hard way that the accountability falls with me.

- Stephen Baldwin

82. To function effectively, a business requires leaders who are accountable for driving success.

- Barry Linetsky

83. When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

- David Brin

84. The notion of accountability has emerged as a human tool to motivate people – do what you’re supposed to do or you’ll be held to account.

- Art Horn

85. Ownership: A commitment of the head, heart, and hands to fix the problem and never again affix the blame.

- John G. Miller

86. Accountability breeds response-ability.??

- Stephen Covey

87. Take accountability before an excuse snatches you.

- Tyconis D. Allison Ty

88. On good teams coaches hold players accountable, on great teams players hold players accountable.

- Joe Dumars

89. No one is perfect, and we all understand that, but when we decide to make that lifelong commitment, we need to weigh the cost and know God is holding us accountable for the commitments we make.

- Dr. Kenton D. Wiley

90. If we want unity, we must all be unifiers. If we want accountability, each of us must be accountable for all we do.

- Christine Gregoire

91. The word accounting comes from the word accountability. If you are going to be rich, you need to be accountable for your money.

- Robert Kiyosaki

92. When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.

- Brené Brown

93. Be brave and take accountability for your thoughts and beliefs.

- Jennifer Hyman

94. Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.

- Denis Waitley

95. A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for injury.

- John Stuart Mill

96. You are accountable for your actions, your decisions, your life; no one else is, but you.

- Catherine Pulsifer

97. The time has come to carry accountability forward, to take it offline and into the real world. To share our lives with just a few people we really, truly, honestly trust.

- Craig Gross

98. You will not experience dramatic change in your struggle as long as you use accountability to describe your sins instead of declaring your need for help in the midst of temptation.

- Heath Lambert

99. Where there is no accountability, there will also be no responsibility.

- Sunday Adelaja

100. A friend can inspire enthusiasm as well as accountability, and that serves to challenge you.

- Deanna Cosso

101. Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.

- Shannon L. Alder

102. Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation.

- Mike Paul

103. We are all responsible and accountable for what we do or say even if those behaviors occur in stressful times.

- Byron Pulsifer

104. Dignity is the reward of holding oneself accountable to conscience.

- Wes Fesler

105. If you made the choice to get in there and fight, you have to accept accountability for whatever happens.

- Roy Nelson

106. Accountability separates the wishers in life from the action-takers that care enough about their future to account for their daily actions.

- John Di Lemme

107. An accountable mind has learned to be agile, wise, courageous, resilient, and high-mature.

- Pearl Zhu

108. I think sometimes making yourself vulnerable before you are ready is exactly what can hold you accountable.

- Brittany Burgunder

109. Accountability crumbles silos, boosts teamwork and collaboration, strengthens camaraderie, creativity, resiliency, agility, trust, and communication.

- Mike Evans

110. Perhaps nothing in our society is more needed for those in positions of authority than accountability.

- Larry Burkett

111. To be accountable means that we are willing to be responsible to another person for our behavior and it implies a level of submission to another’s opinions and viewpoints.

- Wayde Goodall

112. The only way we succeed as a group is not simply following directions, but in keeping each other accountable for our actions.

- A.J. Darkholme

113. My experience is that accountability is an extremely powerful tool to align an organization toward its objectives.

- Susan Gomez