Roy L. Smith Quotes

My philosophy is if you're a man at night, you gotta be a man in the morning.

I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.

Responsibility is the thing people dread most of all. Yet it is the one thing in the world that develops us, gives us manhood or womanhood fiber.

That's something I've prided myself on: doing exactly what I tell people when I'm running.

I personally do not believe I'm irresponsible.

Anything can happen in life, but you have to be a man and sometimes say certain things.

How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?

My dad has ingrained that in me: 'Be accountable.'

Character in leadership is the most important balance for leadership. Without character, leaders have no safety. Leadership has no protection without character.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Character is destiny.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back on himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.

Golf... is the infallible test. The man who can go into a patch of rough alone, with the knowledge that only God is watching him, and play his ball where it lies, is the man who will serve you faithfully and well.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

I strongly believe in the principle of accountability and responsibility. It is the foundation of leadership.

I still do believe in carrying yourself a certain way, and I do my best to be somewhat of a role model. I'm not a perfect person. I'm a human being. I'm not the Lord, but I do accept that responsibility, and that's why I do try to carry myself with confidence, with poise, with grace, and with class.

Teach your children early not to pass the blame or make excuses, but to take responsibility for their actions.

If you want to be pro, you have to hold yourself accountable. It's about what you do when nobody's looking.

I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.

Real men hold themselves accountable for stuff.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.