The people who say poverty is no excuse for low performance are now using teacher accountability as an excuse for doing nothing about poverty.

All my failures as a human being I blame on my father. Life is about accepting responsibility, and it’s time my father started being held accountable for my deficiencies.

[Government] regulation is an imperfect substitute for the accountability, and trust, built into a market in which food producers meet the gaze of eaters and vice versa.

Never compromise your values.

Reality. Sometimes it comes through foreign eyes; because if you don’t know any better, you can’t see the worse. Or vice versa.

You are a manager, nonetheless who you are. There is a business worth keeping and you are the manager of that business. Yes, the business of your life. There is a big asset worth managing; Yes, your choices. As a manager of your own life, your choices are your assets. They form the pivot for...

you don’t have to worry about burning bridges, if you’re building your own

You ChoseYou chose.You chose.You chose.You chose to give away your love.You chose to have a broken heart. You chose to give up. You chose to hang on.You chose to react.You chose to feel insecure.You chose to feel anger.You chose to fight back.You chose to have hope.You chose to be naïve. You chose to ignore your...

If untruths become part of our language—untruths that in context are intended to be interpreted as polite expressions or figure of speech—then each person is left to decide for themselves the meaning of any sentence. And when language and meaning become subjective, society breaks down. The rule of law becomes a grey area. Commands become...

Dr. Talbon was struck by another very important thing. It all hung together. The stories Cheryl told — even though it was upsetting to think people could do stuff like that — they were not disjointed They were not repetitive in terms of “I’ve heard this before”. It was not just she’d someone trying consciously...

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.

This landscape is ugly.

Lack of accountability weakens the environmental and health rights of citizens; it damages peace- building and reconciliation initiatives; impedes the implementation of global health policies; leads to the loss of ecosystems and biodiversity; and weakens democracy, justice, human rights, and international security.

You are effectively presiding over the end of government accountability in the Senate.

Right now, we have a system with no accountability. A judge can order someone to treatment, and they can do whatever they want. To have a system where so few people show up is shocking.

It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.

Change can never be good until you face it head-on.

Reality. It is sometimes brought through foreign eyes; because if you do not know any better, you cannot see the worse. And vice versa.

to be right in the wrong direction may be wrong; what then is the wrong direction?

When people say “If I only knew then what I know now” makes me wonder why they aren’t using that wisdom now.

Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to rules.

Just because you’re an adult doesn’t mean you’re grown up. Growing up means being patient, holding your temper, cutting out the self-pity, and quitting with the righteous indignation.”Why do so many people seem to love righteous indignation?”Because if you can prove you’re a victim, all rules are off. You can lash out at people. You...

Never wake up waiting to hear a command from someone before you make a move; be responsible! Never repeat what made you to waste an hour of yesterday; be accountable!

The reluctant will heed wisdom only when the confidence exhibited by the righteous awakens the seed of introspection,and the awareness of acountability, into the psyche of the uncertain.

That’s unequivocal. There’s been all sorts of speculation by all sorts of analysts who have never heard the word accountability. People can speculate all they want, but we made a very simple statement in our press release.

If every time we choose a turd, society, at a great expense, simply allows us to redeem it for a pepperoni, then not only will we never learn to make smart choices, we will also surrender the freedom to choose, because a choice without consequences is no choice at all.

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

When you’re saddled with the fact that it’s not low-level offenders and there’s no accountability, it’s doomed for failure.

We think Stephen Harper got off to a very bad start. When he has accountability as one of his lead priorities and he’s had the terrible question marks around ethics and accountability himself, we feel we need to be ready to go as quickly as possible.

Telling the truth may cause a few seconds of pain, but there’s no medicine that can manage the pain of keeping lies.

There is nothing more valuable in the writing process than a friend to hold you accountable to your own potential.

You are a manager nonetheless who you are. There is a business worth keeping and you are the manager of that business. Yes, the business of your life. There is a big asset worth managing. Yes, your choices. As a manager of your own life, your choices are your assets. They form the pivot for...

Motivation is desire or inspiration. A motive is a reason. What’s your reason?

When you settle for anything short of the best life God wants to offer you, then you have been tempted to remain safe and the accountability for not changing your life becomes your prison of regret.

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.

Once bitten, twice shy, thrice shame on me!

Proper process, should not hinder progress. Too much focus on process, has left many blind to measured, tangible progress.

The governor’s proposal would increase plan accountability while retaining board discretion on the administration of investment portfolios, … The effect should be to enhance transparency while having no measurable effect on performance. These are positive steps the likes of which plans should and in fact will consider enacting on their own.

Friendship allows you to see your own life but with a second sympathetic self.

Introduction of rational standards to differentiate between acceptable and unacceptable forms of drug related conduct allows us to hold drug users fully accountable for any harm resulting from irresponsible, stupid or ‘anti-social’ drug use in a manner consistent with current alcohol and tobacco policies, and more importantly, in a manner consistent with our commitment to...

We do not owe any soul, except that which played the most vital role in our lives.

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

The story of the American Civil War is essentially one of human beings––Northerners, Southerners, Blacks, Whites, men, women–– holding themselves accountable for the future of a nation.

There are many professions that require individuals, on an ongoing basis, to pass drug tests, physicals and psychological evaluations in order to keep their jobs. Maybe it’s time to start holding the people that are supposed to be making decisions on our behalf to the same standards.

If God gives you a seed, He expects you to plant it;if He plants it for you, He expects you to water it; if He waters it for you, He expects you to prune it; if He prunes and keeps it for you, He expects you to harvest it; if He harvest it for you,...

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.

It is better to stay single and wait for the one that makes sense then to marry someone that makes absolutely no sense. The moment you settle is when the one person that makes all the sense in the world shows up and Satan sits back and enjoys your spiritual meltdown.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

What do I want now? I want to be treated with the respect I deserve in the current VA system and not be retraumatized. I want the men who did this to me to be punished and if that isn’t possible, I want reassurance what happened to me will never ever happen to another woman...

A colleague like Barnabas could comfort him (Paul) in illness and keep him from overstrain when fit.