100+ English Quotes about Accountability

  1. “Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to the result.” – Bob Proctor
  2. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” – Winston Churchill
  3. “With great power comes great responsibility.” – Stan Lee
  4. “Accountability breeds response-ability.” – Stephen Covey
  5. “If you want to make a difference, take responsibility for making things better.” – Roy T. Bennett
  6. “Responsibility is the price of freedom.” – Elbert Hubbard
  7. “You can’t have a sense of accountability if you don’t have a sense of ownership.” – Jack Welch
  8. “The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want.” – Ben Stein
  9. “Accountability is not about blame. It’s about learning and improvement.” – Anonymous (while not strictly unknown, this sentiment is widely attributed without a single clear author)
  10. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  11. “Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
  12. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
  13. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
  14. “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” – Jim Rohn
  15. “Responsibility is the unique privilege of any human being who has reached maturity.” – Erich Fromm
  16. “The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” – Joan Didion
  17. “The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.” – Brian Tracy
  18. “If you don’t take responsibility for your actions, you’ll never take responsibility for your life.” – Anonymous (again, a common sentiment without a clear single author)
  19. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” – Confucius
  20. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
  21. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
  22. “Accountability is the foundation of trust.” – Unknown (but widely used in business and leadership circles)
  23. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie
  24. “The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” – Vidal Sassoon
  25. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
  26. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” – Thomas Jefferson
  27. “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” – Michelangelo
  28. “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
  29. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
  30. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  31. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford
  32. “Accountability is doing what you said you would do, when you said you would do it, whether you feel like it or not.” – Unknown (popular in personal development)
  33. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn
  34. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
  35. “It does not matter how many times you get knocked down, but how many times you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
  36. “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
  37. “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” – Muhammad Ali
  38. “You are responsible for your own happiness. In fact, you create it.” – Unknown (common in self-help)
  39. “Accountability is the ability to answer for one’s actions and decisions.” – Unknown (general definition quote)
  40. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker
  41. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
  42. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
  43. “The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader
  44. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
  45. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell
  46. “The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.” – Tony Blair
  47. “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower
  48. “The greatest leaders mobilize others by coalescing people around a shared vision.” – John C. Maxwell
  49. “Accountability in leadership means being answerable for the success and failure of the team.” – Unknown (leadership – accountability relation quote)
  50. “A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” – Rosalynn Carter
  51. “The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.” – Ray Kroc
  52. “Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.” – Tom Peters
  53. “The best leaders are those most interested in surrounding themselves with assistants and associates smarter than they are. They are frank in admitting this and are willing to pay for such talents.” – Arthur Page
  54. “Accountability in a team environment means each member is responsible for their part in achieving the common goal.” – Unknown (team – accountability quote)
  55. “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Henry Ford
  56. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller
  57. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” – Andrew Carnegie
  58. “A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.” – Mickey Mantle
  59. “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” – Phil Jackson
  60. “Accountability in relationships means being honest and responsible for your actions towards the other person.” – Unknown (relationship – accountability quote)
  61. “Love is not only something you feel, it is something you do.” – David Wilkerson
  62. “In a relationship, each person should be accountable for their own happiness and not rely solely on the other.” – Unknown (relationship advice quote)
  63. “The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.” – Peter Drucker
  64. “A healthy relationship is one where both parties take responsibility for their own actions and reactions.” – Unknown (relationship health quote)
  65. “Accountability in the workplace means meeting deadlines, delivering quality work, and being answerable for your performance.” – Unknown (workplace – accountability quote)
  66. “The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking.” – Robert H. Schuller
  67. “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” – Tim Notke
  68. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” – Estée Lauder
  69. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
  70. “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.” – Vince Lombardi
  71. “Accountability in education means students taking responsibility for their own learning.” – Unknown (education – accountability quote)
  72. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
  73. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
  74. “Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” – Abigail Adams
  75. “Accountability in society means citizens taking responsibility for the well – being of their community.” – Unknown (society – accountability quote)
  76. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi
  77. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
  78. “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Greek Proverb
  79. “Accountability in government means elected officials being answerable to the people.” – Unknown (government – accountability quote)
  80. “Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” – Abraham Lincoln
  81. “The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.” – Thomas Paine
  82. “Accountability in technology means developers and companies being responsible for the impact of their products.” – Unknown (technology – accountability quote)
  83. “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” – Bill Gates
  84. “The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.” – Bill Gates
  85. “Accountability in finance means individuals and institutions being responsible for their financial decisions.” – Unknown (finance – accountability quote)
  86. “Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” – Benjamin Franklin
  87. “The lack of money is the root of all evil.” – Mark Twain
  88. “Accountability in healthcare means medical professionals being responsible for the care of their patients.” – Unknown (healthcare – accountability quote)
  89. “The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” – Voltaire
  90. “To do nothing is also a good remedy.” – Hippocrates
  91. “Accountability in sports means athletes being responsible for their performance and conduct.” – Unknown (sports – accountability quote)
  92. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” – Vince Lombardi
  93. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
  94. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
  95. “Accountability in environmental protection means everyone taking responsibility for the planet.” – Unknown (environmental – accountability quote)
  96. “The earth has music for those who listen.” – William Shakespeare
  97. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” – Native American Proverb
  98. “Accountability in art means artists being true to their vision and the impact of their creations.” – Unknown (art – accountability quote)
  99. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas
  100. “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.” – Pablo Picasso