#accountability

People underestimate the importance of dilligence as a virtue. No doubt it has something to do with how supremely mundane it seems. It is defined as "the constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken."... Understood, however, as the prerequisite of great accomplishment, diligence stands as one of the most difficult challenges facing any group of people who take on tasks of risk and consequence. It sets a high, seemingly impossible, expectation for performance and human behavior. ↗

— Atul Gawande

#inspirational #medicine #student-accountability #attitude

However, as a parent, as a grandparent, as a former educator, I know that these practices alone when we are dealing with young children are insufficient. We will never control this rising epidemic without greater accountability from the food industry. ↗

— Bob Filner

#alone #children #control #dealing #educator

I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That's the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#asking #call #chance #citizens #forever

A local company has more accountability. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#company #local #more

Of everyone else who was running, and there were some very talented people, none of them had anywhere near the experience I had in hiring people, holding them accountable, creating systems for accountability. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#accountable #anywhere #creating #else #everyone

While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure. ↗

— Ruben Hinojosa

#administration #believe #commend #commitment #focus

The taxpayers deserve accountability. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#deserve #taxpayers

It's time for these people to have accountability for what is being done. ↗

— Sonny Landham

#being #being done #done #people #these

You know, in a business, you have to operate on the basis of voluntary investment by individuals in a cause. With government, there is no voluntary effort to invest capital. It's just taken and invested. And the same accountability is not at play. The same natural forces in the economy are not at play. ↗

— Mike Lee

#basis #business #capital #cause #economy

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation. ↗

— Carl Levin

#economic #essential #fiscal #health #nation