By Have you ever encountered a boss who doesn’t want to get anything done? Wonder what happens in that situation?
When the leader isn’t taking the lead, it rubs off on the team, and it usually ends up in chaos because no one’s stepping up to move the organization forward.
It’s fair to say that the leader lacks a sense of responsibility.
Responsibility and accountability go hand in hand. It’s not just about being ready to tackle a task; it’s also about understanding the impact of your actions.
Sure, having big dreams is excellent, but accountability means making those dreams a reality. It’s not just about talking the talk; it’s about walking the walk.
In this article, I’ve gathered some awesome quotes about accountability to help you grasp what it means in the business world. I’ve also used these quotes to give you some pointers on being more accountable and boosting your productivity.
Berst Accountability Quotes
Accountability breeds response-ability.
Stephen R. Covey
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Chinese Proverb
If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
Les Brown
It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one’s acts.
Mahatma Gandhi
When people are ready to, they change. They never do it before then, and sometimes they die before they get around to it. You can’t make them change if they don’t want to, just like when they do want to, you can’t stop them.
Andy Warhol
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility… In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
Michael Korda
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Winston Churchill
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
Josiah Charles Stamp
In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.
Eleanor Roosevelt
You must take personal 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
When you blame others, you give up your power to change.
Robert Anthony
It’s not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Moliere
If you own this story you get to write the ending.
Brené Brown
The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.
Denis Waitley
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Eleanor Roosevelt
I am my best work – a series of road maps, reports, recipes, doodles, and prayers from the front lines.
Audre Lorde
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston Churchill
A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.
Thomas Paine
In dreams begins responsibility.
W.B. Yeats
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
Moliere
Funny Accounting Quotes
Why did the accountant break up with the calculator? Too many issues, and they couldn’t count on each other.
Unknown
Accountants are good with figures but not always good with people. At least, that’s what my calculator says.
Unknown
Why do accountants make good lovers? They’re great with numbers and always ensure things add up in the end.
Unknown
Accounting is the only profession where you have to know everything about everything, and still get blamed for everything.
Unknown
Why did the accountant cross the road? To bore the people on the other side.
Unknown
Accountants are the only ones who can tell you to go to hell and make you look forward to the trip.
Unknown
Accounting is the language of business, but sometimes I feel like I’m speaking in tongues.
Unknown
Why do accountants never read novels? Because the only numbers in them are page numbers.
Unknown
Accounting may be the ‘language of business,’ but sometimes it feels like poetry – confusing and hard to understand.
Unknown
What’s the definition of an accountant? Someone who solves a problem you didn’t know you had in a way you don’t understand.
Unknown
Why do accountants make great crime novelists? They know how to cook the books.
Unknown
Accountants are like doctors – only without the savior complex.
Unknown
Why did the accountant stare at the can of orange juice for hours? Because it said ‘concentrate.’
Unknown
Accountants don’t die; they just lose their balance.
Unknown
Why did the accountant become a musician? Because he had the perfect pitch for accounting.
Unknown
Why did the auditor bring a ladder to the bar? Because he heard the drinks were on the house.
Unknown
Accountants are good at solving problems. They just need a few more numbers to make it more complicated.
Unknown
Why did the accountant become an actor? He wanted to excel in his role of balancing the books.
Unknown
Why do accountants never argue? They just adjust their numbers.
Unknown
Accountants are good at multitasking. They can listen to muzak and ignore you at the same time.
Unknown
Accountability Quotes For Work
Take responsibility for your own success. It’s your journey. Own it.
Chantelle Renee
Accountability breeds response-ability.
Stephen R. Covey
It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Moliere
If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility for everything that you experience in your life. This includes the level of your achievements, the results you produce, the quality of your relationships, your state of health and physical fitness, your income, your debts, your feelings — everything!
Jack Canfield
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher
Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility… In the final analysis, the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take on responsibility.
Michael Korda
You must take personal 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
It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.
Vince Lombardi
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Peter Drucker
Hold yourself accountable before you are held accountable.
Ken Poirot
Accountability Quotes For Relationships
In any relationship, no matter how great the chemistry is, you will always need to be accountable.
Unknown
Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to results in relationships.
Stephen R. Covey
The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. That’s the kind of person worth sticking with.
Unknown
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
Henry David Thoreau
Trust is the fruit of a relationship in which you know you are loved.
William P. Young
In relationships, the little things are the big things.
Stephen R. Covey
The best relationships in our lives are the best not because they have been the happiest ones, they are that way because they have stayed strong through the most tormentful of storms.
Pandora Poikilos
Apologizing does not always mean you’re wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego.
Unknown
The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together is trust.
Brian Tracy
A successful relationship requires falling in love multiple times, but always with the same person.
Unknown
Getting a handle on accountability isn’t a walk in the park, but trust me, it’s worth it.
When you start being responsible for yourself, it spills over into how you handle things at work – a win-win situation.
Read through these accountability quotes, and you’ll find some solid inspiration to kickstart a sense of responsibility in your workplace.
Sure, these quotes are like a gentle nudge to keep you and your team on track. But let’s be honest: having a buddy to keep you accountable takes things up a notch and helps you squeeze out every bit of productivity.
