Robert Luskin Quotes

I want to know what he did and who he failed.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

What do you expect me to do about it?

You ran away and left us to do the job that you could not do.

Heaven knows that I have done all that a mortal could do, to save the people, and the failure was not my fault, but the fault of others.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

We are responsible not only for what we do but also for what we could have prevented.

Not deciding is a decision. Let’s all remember that when we decide not to do something.

In my life as a soldier and citizen, I have seen time and time again that inaction has dire consequences.

Failure is an awful thing, and when I look at the common denominator of failure, it seems to always be the same thing: excuses.

Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.

Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.

Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness.

No. Not really. A weapon didn't come to an agreement with the hand that held it.

He that staies does the businesse.

Not fault of teaching spider if little spider pay more attention to catching fly than doing lesson.

If you have not done so yet, decide to decide.

It is important to admit your mistakes, and to do so before you are charged with them. Many clients are surrounded by buckpassers who make a fine art of blaming the agency for their own failures. I seize the earliest opportunity to assume the blame.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.

Using, as an excuse, others' failure of common sense is in itself a failure of common sense.

'As you have made your bed, so you must lie on it'; which again is simply a lie. If I have made my bed uncomfortable, please God I will make it again.

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.

They have gone. And the tunnel is about to close. So, boys, I am looking for someone to blame.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

Obviously somebody had been appallingly incompetent and he hoped to God it wasn't him.