Joseph Benavidez Quotes

Whatever happens, take responsibility.

I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.'

It's not the time to look for excuses.

In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.

It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.

We've got to be responsible, somebody's got to be responsible for it.

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

It's easy to give up. It's even easier to start pointing fingers.

Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions!

I'm not scared, because I know that I need to face the trial. What I mean is, I already expect I will need to pay the price.

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

There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

There's no such thing as coulda, shoulda, or woulda. If you shoulda and coulda, you woulda done it.

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.

It's not how you play the game, it's how you place the blame.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

In the first rule of politics, you know, Harry Truman, the buck stops here. Take responsibility. What I've learned over the years is that people will give people in politics a lot of rope if they just take responsibility.

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

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses.

You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.

To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger.

Tom Clarke is dead. He has not our responsibilities. Nobody will ever know what he would do for the situation did not arise for him. But is has risen for us and we must face it with our intelligence and conscious of our responsibility.

It's one thing to make the speeches. It's another to make the tough decisions.