Hold Yourself Accountable Quotes
Choose a Pillar of Greatness
Pick a Type of Insight
“It takes more than good intentions to get something done.”
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.”
“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.”
“Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.”
“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 be a coward. Part of life, and part of becoming wealthy is taking responsibility for your life.”
“I have nothing in common with lazy people who blame others for their lack of success. Great things come from hard work and perseverance. No excuses.”
“There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.”
“If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.”
“The work of the world does not wait to be done by perfect people.”
“I don’t want to hear about the labor pains. I just want to see the baby.”
“You can make excuses or you can make progress. You choose.”
“The safest way to get what you want is to deserve what you want.”
“Your excuses might be legit but they won't improve your life.”
“You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.”
“What you are will show in what you do.”
“None will improve your lot if you yourself do not.”
“Responsibility is the price of freedom.”
“Don't find fault. Find a remedy.”
“Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.”
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
“There can only be happiness if the things we think, say and believe are the same as the things we do.”
“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.”
“There are no great men. Just great challenges which ordinary men, out of necessity, are forced by circumstance to meet.”
“Hold yourself to a standard higher than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”
“Don't make excuses. Your friends don't need them and your foes won't believe them.”
“Excuses are the easiest things to manufacture and the hardest things to sell.”
“One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do-it-yourself project.”
“No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself.”
“A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.”
“I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.”
“A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.”
“Many fear competition or critique from others, but the biggest critic should be the person in the mirror.”
“I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
“You can't be upset at the results you didn't get for the work you didn't do.”
“It's not the doctor's job to keep you healthy. It is your job to do that.”
“If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.”
“Take responsibility for your own future, or someone else will”
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.”
“The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.”
“Take accountability. Blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown.”
“It's easy to dodge your responsibilities, but you cannot dodge the consequences of dodging your responsibilities.”
“You get what you want, when you stop making excuses why you don't have it.”
“You can have results or excuses. Not both.”
“I attribute my success to this - I never gave or took any excuse.”
“He that excuses himself, accuses himself.”
“People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be.”
“It is wise to direct your anger toward problems, not people; to focus your energies on answers, not excuses.”
“There is nothing so fatal to character as half-finished tasks.”
“It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong.”
“You are fully responsible for everything you are, everything you have, and everything you become.”
“There is no way to greatness. Greatness is the way.”
“Some make excuses. Others make progress.”
“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
“99% of failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.”
“There is no such thing as something for nothing.”
“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”
“When the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, it may be that they take better care of it there.”
“The most unprofitable item ever manufactured is an excuse.”
“A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame someone else.”
“If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.”
“You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”
“You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame.”
“For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.”
“You are the only real obstacle in your path to a fulfilling life.”
“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
“Every man stamps his value on himself... man is made great or small by his own will.”
“Excuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.”
“Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment and learn again to exercise his will - his personal responsibility.”
“Liberty means responsibility. That is why most people dread it.”
“No one ever excused his way to success.”
“The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.”
“If it is to be, it is up to me.”
“The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have.”
“The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.”
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”
“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
“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.”
“Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past.”
“Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.”
“You are far too smart to be the only one standing in your way.”
“Nothing about an excuse can help your situation.”
“Success is simple: Do what's right. The right way. At the right time.”
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”
“So many people can be responsible for your success, but only you are responsible for your failure.”
“Embrace accountability and take business risks under your own name.”
“The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.”
“While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.”
“The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.”
“If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.”
