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101 " There is a circularity here I do not doubt. I am defending the Bible by the Bible. Circularity of a kind is unavoidable when one seeks to defend an ultimate standard of truth, for one's defense must itself be accountable to that standard. "
― John M. Frame , The Doctrine of the Word of God (A Theology of Lordship)
102 " When you discipline a child you prepare them for a responsible and accountable adulthood. "
103 " You don't have the right to hold somebody accountable for standards you refuse to apply to yourself. "
― Stephen A. Smith
104 " The rationales for centralized, to-down decision making - control, direction, and compliance - melts away when individuals are tightly aligned with the company's values and goals, accountable for their actions, and self-regulated. "
― Dov Seidman , How: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything...in Business (and in Life)
105 " When you discipline a child, you prepare them for a responsible and accountable adulthood. "
― Gift Gugu Mona
106 " We can either own our circumstances and be creative in them, or we can throw up our hands and say, I cannot be held accountable because the conditions are not ideal. "
― Patti Digh , Creative Is a Verb: If You're Alive, You're Creative
107 " Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention. "
― Frank Herbert , Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune, #6)
108 " We must dilute and disperse all forms of concentrated power that refuse to be accountable to majority wishes. "
― Bryant McGill , Voice of Reason
109 " We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives. "
110 " our thoughts have to be accountable to our self "
111 " There are a whole host of psychological phenomenon humans have developed to protect ourselves from the sting of failure, from holding ourselves less accountable for our failures than we do other people, to letting our fear paralyze us and keep us from even trying. "
112 " Our foremost priority is the removal of poverty, hunger and malnutrition, disease and illiteracy. All social welfare programmes must be implemented efficiently. Agencies involved in the delivery of services should have a strong sense of duty and work in a transparent, corruption-free, time-bound and accountable manner. "
113 " True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology. "
114 " In this age of the electronic media and the mass distribution of the printed word, God will hold us accountable if we do not now move the Book of Mormon in a monumental way. "
115 " This president has been reluctant to hold anybody accountable. No one was held accountable after September the 11th. Nobody's been held accountable after the clear flaws in intelligence leading up to the war in Iraq. "
116 " We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. "
― Ronald Reagan
117 " For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed? "
118 " Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them. "
119 " Judges wear legal professionalism and precedent as a mantel that secures legitimacy for their decisions. It's how they distinguish themselves from politicians or administrative agencies, while wielding power that is sometimes much greater than those democratically accountable actors. "
120 " I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team. "