The fact of the matter is, accountability is the golden ticket to all that we can ever dream about and want in our lives.
Accountability, whether self accountability, or accountability through the likes of a coach, will provide us with the absolute best chance possible to create our own heaven on earth.
Which as you will see through the quotes about accountability below, taking full responsibility for our lives is when the journey to self mastery begins.
This journey can be one of the most fulfilling and liberating journeys of all time. As it forges a mental armor in our livers that essentially lets us say NO to the wrong things. And YES to the right things.
The more good decisions we stack, the more momentum starts to move in our favor.
It can be extremely hard to be accountable at first. As it goes against essentially the human condition. We are wired to take the path of least resistance.
When we go against this pre-wiring, something beautiful happens. We start rising from our own ashes. We become reborn, in a sense, to a high level of consciousness.
We start the momentum in our favor, and the thing about life, is that EVERYTHING AFFECTS EVERYTHING.
The more choices we make that benefit our positive growth, the more we tilt the scales towards us living our best life. And one day, we see the momentum take over. And like a tidal wave it can’t and we can’t be stopped.
This list of quotes on responsibility and accountability below will give us a gentle reminder of how powerful we can become when we lead a life that is filled with accountability.
Enjoy!
135 Accountability Quotes
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“Accountability, it is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.” – Moliere
“You can’t escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln
“The benefits and possibilities that are created by being perosnally accountable are countless.” – Jay Fiset
“Accountability breeds responsibility.” – Stephen Covey
“It is only when you take responsibility for your life that you discover how powerful you truly are.” – Allanah Hunt
“When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.” – Louis Nizer
“At the end of the day, we are accountable to ourselves, our success is a result of what we do.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Take accountability, blame is the water in which many dreams and relationships drown.” – Steve Maraboli
“Each day you are leading by example. Whether you realize it or not, or whether it’s positive or negative, you are influencing those around you.” – Rob Liano
“We are made wise, not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Don’t get up from the feast of life without paying for your share of it.” – W.R. Inge
“Accountability turns pain into peace.” – Unknown
“Take responsibility, it is where your powers live.” – Will Craig
“If I could give one tip for people, it’s not an exercise or nutrition regimen. It’s to walk your talk and believe in yourself, because at the end of the day, the dumbbell and diet don’t get you in shape. It’s your accountability to your word.” – Brett Hoebel
“Most people do not want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility. and most people are frightened by responsibility.” – Sigmund Freud
“There are two primary choices in life, to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” – Denis Waitley
“Taking personal accountability is a beautiful thing because it gives us complete control of our destinies.” – Heather ShuckPeople are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in the world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.” – George Bernard Shaw
Accountability, first and foremost is being reliable. To get a good picture of your personal accountability, you may want to periodically ask yourself, ” Can people count on me to do what I say I’ll do, as I said I would do it.” – Henry J Evans
“I believe that accountability is the basis of all meaningful human achievement.” – Sam Silverstein
“How can we resent the life we’ve created for ourselves? Who’s to blame, who’s to credit, but us? Who can change it, anytime we wish, but us.” – Richard Bach
“We are all responsible and accountable for what we do or say even if those behaviors occur in stressful times.” – Byron Pulsifier
“Many people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them.” – Unknown
“Personal accountability requires mindfulness, acceptance, honesty and courage.” – Shelby Martin
“Accountability is not consequences, but ownership. It is a character trait, a life stance, a willingness to own your actions and results regardless of the circumstances.” – Brian P. Moran
“The enemy of accountability is ambiguity.” – Patrick Lencioni
“Accountability separates the wishers in life from the action takers that care enough about their future to account for their daily actions.” – John Dj Lemme
“Accountability is the glue that bonds commitment to results.” – Will Craig
“Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences, increases your self esteem, boosts confidence in your ability to decide, and ultimately leads to achieve success in life.” – Roy T. Bennett
“Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame. Let the possibilities inspire you more than the obstacles discourage you.” – Ralph Marston
“As for the journey of life, at some point you will realize that you are the driver and you will drive.” – Steve Maraboli
“Blaming, whining and deflecting accountability, risk aversion, and resistance to chance are but a handful of symptoms of the adversity beaten individual and organization.” – Paul G. Stoltz
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” – Stanislaw Lec
“The final forming of a persons character lies in their own hands.” – Anne Frank
“Sometimes if you want to change for the better, you need to take things into your own hands.” – Clint Eastwood
“A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid, it is only deferred, and we must come back and settle the account last.” – Joseph Fort Newton
“You must take responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.” – Jim Rohn
“Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.” – Pat Smmit
“If you hang out with chickens then you are going to cluck, if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly.” – Steve Maraboli
“It’s not a blame game. It’s accountability. It’s accountability!” – Terry Moran
“The benefits and possibilities that are created by being personally accountable are countless.” – Jay Fiset
“If you try to take on changes on your own, it is easy not to keep yourself accountable. Try telling a close friend or family member what you’re doing and have them check in on you periodically.” – Kathy Stanton
“You either make yourself accountable, or you will be made accountable by your circumstances.” – Unknown
“You fail all the time, but you aren’t a failure until you start blaming someone else.” – Bum Phillips
“Hold yourself accountable before you are held accountable.” – Umar
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” – Benjamin Franklin
“A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blames somebody else and stops trying.” – John Buroughs
“Neither age nor experience matters when it comes to being personally accountable for any and all outcomes, no excuses whatsoever, be they positive or negative, nor shifting blame to other people or external factors.” – Kory Livingston
“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
“Accountability is the measure of a leaders height.” – Jeffry Benjamin
“The time is always right to do what is right.” – Martin Luther King
“Accepting complete responsibility for your life means that you refuse to make excuses or blame others for anything in your life that youre not happy about.” – Brian Tracy
“Stop blaming other people for your own behavior. Own your truth. If you don’t like it, then invest the time and energy to change it.” – Akiroq Brost
“Responsibility is a grace you give yourself, not an obligation.” – Dan Millman
“The secret ingredient to happiness? Decisive optimism and personal responsibility.” – Amuy Leigh Mercree
“Financial accountability is the same as educational accountability.” – Randy Daniels
“When you think everything is someone else’s fault, you suffer a lot. When you realize everything springs only from yourself, you will learn both peace and joy.” – Dalai Lama
“Accountability crumbles silos, boots teamwork and collaboration, strengthens camaraderie, creativity, resiliency, agility, trust and communication.” – Mike Evans
“Children that aren’t taught accountability for their actions grow up to become adults thinking nothing they do is wrong.” – Moms Living Thrifty
“The final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have, is the ability to take on responsibility.” – Michael Korda
“Accountability means to say what you do, do what you say.” – Peral Zhu
“Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.” – Wes Fessler
“In reality, we have all our lives, and the accountability for achievement or our dreams and goals falls strictly on our shoulders.” – Thomas Matt
“Take responsibility for your own greatness, no one can take that courage walk for you.” – January Donovan
“Try holding yourself accountable to yourself. If you had to give yourself a daily, weekly, or monthly report, would you be proud to talk about what you had done, or would you need to be prettying up things, bullshi*ing, or lying to keep your job?” – Loren Weisman
“It is wrong, and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Accountability feels like an attack when you’re not ready to acknowledge how your behaviors harm others.” – Jazz Zo Marcellus
“You may believe that you are responsible for what you do, but not for what you think. The truth is that you are responsible for what you think, because it is only at this level that you can exercise choice. What you do comes from what you think.” – Marianne Williamson
“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
“Accountability means to say what you do, do what you say.” – Pearl Zhu
“To achieve mastery, and be worthy of a life well lived, we must take action, ownership and responsibility for our choices. Our date with destiny is not about reaching a final destination. It is about how fully we live the journey. – Will Craig
“Ignorance is a progressive thinkers enemy, acceptance, awareness, accountability and action are the tools of the informed, of people who want change and do al they can to achieve it.” Carlos
“Without personal accountability, we cannot grow nor can we ever improve ourselves.” – Unknown
“Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
“Good men prefer to be accountable.” – Michael Edwards
“Blaming, whining, deflecting accountability, risk aversion, and resistance to change are but a handful of symptoms of the adversity beaten individual and organization.” –
“Responsibility is not a burden if you see it as response-ability.” – Rajendra Muthye
“Yes love yourself, but also, analyze and be critical of how you think, act and behave self love, without self awareness is useless, be accountable.” – Unknown
“Until you take responsibility for your life, someone else runs your life.” – Orrin Woodward
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
“You’re only responsible for being honest, not for someone else’s reaction to your honesty.” – Kelli Jae Baeli
“Admitting your mistake and taking responsibility for your actions requires courage and tremendous humility. People may misconstrue your accountability highlights your open minded character. Saying “sorry” requires higher levels of intellectual capacity, and only tough minded individuals can do it effortlessly. Always be proud of taking responsibility for your actions, because that’s the only part of your character that will differentiate you from the crowd as notable and extraordinary.” – Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate
“Individuals and teams have a sense of ownership, and are focused, disciplined and collaborative, while holding each other accountable for outcomes.” – Di Worrall
“My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.” – Oprah
“God gave burdens, also shoulders.” – Yiddish Proverb
“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
“What if we had to give an account each night before we went to sleep of the one thing we did to make life brighter for someone else.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.” – Oprah Winfrey
“All blame you have is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame doesn is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is make you unhappy.” – Wayne Dyer
“When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.” – David Brin
“Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal healthy of our nation.” – Carl Levin
“By taking responsibility for yourself, you can stop relying on others to take responsibility for you.” – Vironika Tugaleva
“There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction. The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, the responsibility lies within you.” – J.K. Rowling
“We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.” – Carlos Costeneda
“Anytime that cannot be accounted for is a waste of time.” – Sunda Adelaja
“Take accountability before an excuse snatches you.” – Tyconis D. Allison Ty
“The reason people blame things on the previous generation is that there’s only one other choice.” – Doug Larson
“I believe, we all pay taxes. I’m happy to pay it, but I hate to have it abused, money wasted, no accountability. That’s going to bother you.” – Lou Holtz
“Take time to accept responsibility. Your life is exactly that. It’s your life. It is created by you. You are constantly making choices, constantly creating new experiences. And although we can be affected by circumstances which can seem to be completely out of our control, essentially, we decide the direction in which we walk.” – Nicholas Watkins
“There is no accountability in the public school system – except for coaches. You know what happens for a losing coach. You fire him. A losing teacher can go on losing for 30 years then go to glory.” – Ross Perot”
“If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.” – Les Brown
“A team is a small number of people with complimentary skills committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.” – Katzenburg and Smith
“A sign of wisdom and maturity is when you come to terms with the realization that your decisions cause your rewards and consequences. You are responsible for your life, and your ultimate success depends on the choices you make.” – Denis Waitley
“Blame is the cowards solution to his fear of accountability.” – Craig D. Lounsbrough
“For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked. How do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed.” – Bell Hooks
“Be real. Try to do what you say, say what you mean and be what you seem.” – Marian Wright Edelman
“It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.” Josiah Stamp
“Most goals people set are not achieved because they are not held accountable for them. When goals are made in private, they tend to fall off because people stop being motivated, stop focusing and stop prioritizing.” – Bola Onada Sokunbi
“Break the riddle of accountability, the thinking goes, and you will have solved one of the thorniest issues in modern business/” – Mihnea Moldoveanu
“Be accountable for doing the right things. This means ethical execution of the same activities that will actually support the goals you have chosen for yourself.” – Same Silverstein
“When we are really honest with ourselves, we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.” – Ceasar Chavez
“Truly accountable leadership is the only way to build an organization that can not only survive in our increasingly complicated world, but also grow and thrive.” – Vince Molinaro
“People are more inclined to pass the buck than they are to take responsibility. The fact is though, passing the buck doesn’t build your character or give you the opportunity to learn from your mistakes.” – Marshall Goldsmith
“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
“One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned about habit development is that you need to stick to a major goal. It’s not enough to make a personal commitment.” – S. J Scott
“Talent is part of the equation, but when you combine talent with accountability and authenticity, it is tough to beat.” – David Ross
“It is easy to let go of the string and think, ‘This isn’t me, it’s the arrow’. My hands do not bear the blood of this boy, it is the arrow that killed him, not me. But the arrow does not dream at night.” – Andrzej Sapkowski
“Without accountability, time would pass our intentions uncontested, then one day awaken, finding our objective lost to the penalty of neglect.” – W. Larsen Hughes
“Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self kind of understanding.” – Bill Bullard
“When we fail to set boundaries, and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is why we sometximes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a choice.” – Brene Brown
“There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions buy by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for injury.” – John Stuart Mill
“The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life is the moment you can change anything in your life.” – Hal Elrod
“Liberty means responsibility, that’s why most men dread it.” – George Bernard Shaw
Accountability In Relationships
“There is a difference between covering and accountability. Real accountability is only present in our lives when we have a personal relationship with people who can and do speak into our hearts, our circumstances and our relationships.” – Heavy Rain
“A relationship is a huge responsibility. It’s an investment in time, money, energy and emotions and you must be accountable for your comings and goings. And that’s just the beginning.” – Michael Baisden
“Behind every great relationship, the relationship matters mutually with depth of responsibility, accountability and sustained effort on both sides to grow and evolve. No relations falls down for good people, it fails when one tries to avoid responsibility and accountability and try to surpass the other at all levels.” – Maitreya
“Anger, blame and martyrdom are thieves. They steal time, relationships and respect. Personal accountability is the life giver. The thing that fills the soul with esteem and repairs it from the inside out.” – Amy Larson
Accountability Partner Quotes
“An accountability partner is able to perceive what you can’t see when blind spots and weaknesses block your vision. Such a person serves a tool in God’s hand to promote spiritual accountability, as he or she watches out for your best interest.” – Charles Stanley
“Your accountability partner keeps you on track and moving forward in all aspects of your development.” – Mike Staver
“Throughout history, great leaders have surrounded themselves with advisers, mentors, intellectual sparring partners and confidants. Working with a circle of the best thinkers is essential to successful leadership.” – Saj- Nicole A. Joni
“Having someone at your side who understands at a much deeper level what you’re trying to achieve.” – Kate Foley
Quotes About Accountability In The Work Place
“A culture of accountability makes a good organization great and a great organization unstoppable.” – Henry Evans
“Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you’re never wrong? If you don’t admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you’re bound to make the same one again.” – Pat Summit
Quotes on Accountability And Transparency
“Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any friendship.” – Mike Paul
“Without responsibility, accountability and transparency, no one is safe.” – Linda Reinstein
“We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.” – Farly Fiorina
“It is difficult but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“We need transparency, and we certainly need accountability.” – Kristen Breitweiser
“Integrity, transparency and the fight against corruption have to be part of the cu;utre they have to be thought as fundamental values.” – Angel Furria
Leadership Accountability Quotes
“Leadership is about taking responsibility not making excuses.” – Unknown
“Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.” – Peter Cosgrove
“Accountability at every level is critical, and leadership begins at the top.” – Mary Landrieu
“You can’t talk about leadership without talking about responsibility. You can’t separate the two. A leader must delegate responsibility and provide the freedom to make decisions, and then be held accountable for the results.” – Buck Rodgers
“True leaders always practice the three R’s. Respect for self, Respect for others, Responsibility for all their actions.” – Anonymous
“Responsibility, equals accountability, equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.” – Pat Summit
“Leaders are accountable for accountability.” – Dan Rockwell
“Leadership is all about accountability and responsibility, and it’s surely not about the ladder climbing, power and position. True leader takes the responsibility for the wellbeing of his followers and his organization alike, and that’s the big difference between a boss and a leader, in my view.” – Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkha
“Holding your team accountable isn’t an exercise in control. It is an exercise in empowerment.” – Unknown
“Having authority implies accountability. If you reject the blame for failures under your watch, people reject your leadership.” – Rick Warren
“Many leaders believe that holding people accountable is the key to getting the results they want/ There’s one problem with this, though. Sometimes we get frustrated with people for not meeting our expectations when we have never communicated what they were in the first place.” – Anne Grady
Conclusion To Quotes on Accountability
There we are my friends, quotes for accountability in relationships as well as with ourselves.
Let me know what your favorite accountability quotes were and and advice you have on how to stay accountable in our lives so that we can all get to the next level in life together!
Looking forward to chatting in the comment section below.
With gratitude,
Chris
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