Hold Yourself Accountable Quotes
Excuses feel good and build nothing. The moment a man takes full responsibility for his life is the moment he gains the power to change it. This Character path holds history's hardest quotes on accountability and owning your results. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.”
“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.”
“Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.”
“What you are will show in what you do.”
“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
“Take accountability. Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown.”
“Leaders must own everything in their world. There is no one else to blame.”
“Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.”
“If you want to feel proud of yourself, you've got to do things you can be proud of.”
“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”
“You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.”
“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
“None will improve your lot if you yourself do not.”
“Nothing about an excuse can help your situation.”
“There is nothing so fatal to character as half-finished tasks.”
“Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things, and I'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.”
“The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.”
“It's not the doctor's job to keep you healthy. It is your job to do that.”
“Success is simple: Do what's right. The right way. At the right time.”
“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”
“The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.”
“Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.”
“If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.”
“Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.”
“Some make excuses. Others make progress.”
“Accountability breeds response-ability.”
“There can only be happiness if the things we think, say and believe are the same as the things we do.”
“No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.”
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
“The most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse.”
“Do what you say you are going to do, when you say you are going to do it.”
“Take responsibility for your own future, or someone else will”
“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
“Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.”
“Success is your duty, obligation and responsibility.”
“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.”
“Hold yourself to a standard higher than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
“People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.”
“One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do-it-yourself project.”
“You can't be upset at the results you didn't get for the work you didn't do.”
“The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.”
“For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.”
“It takes more than good intentions to get something done.”
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
“It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong.”
“The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.”
“A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”
“A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame someone else.”
“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility.”
“Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.”
“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.”
“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do.”
“It is wise to direct your anger toward problems, not people; to focus your energies on answers, not excuses.”
“Many fear competition or critique from others, but the biggest critic should be the person in the mirror.”
“There are no great men. Just great challenges which ordinary men, out of necessity, are forced by circumstance to meet.”
“Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.”
“You get what you want, when you stop making excuses why you don't have it.”
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most people dread it.”
“Excuses are the easiest things to manufacture and the hardest things to sell.”
“If it is to be, it is up to me.”
“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”
“I don't want to hear about the labor pains. I just want to see the baby.”
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
“Do what you say you're going to do. And try to do it a little bit better than you said you would.”
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”
“Embrace accountability and take business risks under your own name.”
“Always do what you say you are going to do. It is the glue and fiber that binds successful relationships.”
“A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.”
“Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.”
“You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame.”
“You can have results or excuses. Not both.”
“A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.”
“It's easy to dodge your responsibilities, but you cannot dodge the consequences of dodging your responsibilities.”
“Don't be a coward. Part of life, and part of becoming wealthy is taking responsibility for your life.”
“You are fully responsible for everything you are, everything you have, and everything you become.”
“There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.”
“You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution.”
“If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.”
“Stop whining, start hustling.”
“You are far too smart to be the only one standing in your way.”
“Don't make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.”
“No one ever excused his way to success.”
“There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.”
“Don't find fault. Find a remedy.”
“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.”
“You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose.”
“The buck stops here.”
“When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.”
“If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.”
“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”
“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
“He that excuses himself, accuses himself.”
“There is no such thing as something for nothing.”
“There is no way to greatness. Greatness is the way.”
“So many people can be responsible for your success, but only you are responsible for your failure.”
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”
“Responsibility is the price of freedom.”
“I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.”
“Your excuses might be legit but they won't improve your life.”
