Howard Hughes Quotes

I must be responsible and accountable for my actions.

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

You who choose to lead must follow. But if you fall, you fall alone.

It's not my style to blame anybody else.

Ultimately, even if you follow the advice of a mentor or board member, it's still your fault if they were wrong!

I've been successful because I've never been someone to shy away from taking responsibility.

We need to hold ourselves accountable for the work we do and the choices we make.

I made some mistakes, but I wasn’t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do.

You have to own your mistakes, otherwise your mistakes own you

If I have something to apologize, I want to be the first one to step up and make that apology. I don't want anyone to broker it for me. I don't want anyone to take the hit for me. If I have anything to apologize for, I'm only human. I'm prone to making mistakes.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.

I think you need to make responsibility something that's not just a word.

Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.

Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility rests with me.

I gotta think that one that becomes a philosophy of work, which is "no excuses."

If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don't be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.

First, recognize the mistake. The main thing is taking responsibility and being authentic.

The commitments we make to ourselves and to others, and our integrity to those commitments, is the essence and clearest manifestation of our proactivity.

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.

You can't always wait for the guys at the top. Every manager at every level in the organization has an opportunity, big or small, to do something. Every manager's got some sphere of autonomy. Don't pass the buck up the line.

See it all. See it fairly. Be truthful, be sensible and be careful with language. When nothing depends on man, everything depends on him.

I try to work hard. I try to set a good example. I don't look at it as though I've got to be a leader. I just try to behave the way I think I should behave. If that results in a leadership role, great.

Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.