Blaming Others Quotes - Page 2

• To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

  Plutarch

  May, Fault Finding, Faults

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• American naturalist John Burroughs put it, “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

  Jeff Olson

  Running, Failure, Responsibility

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• It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

  Terry Pratchett

  Depressing, Thinking, Self

  "Jingo". Book by Terry Pratchett, November 1997.

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• You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won't succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy.

  Wayne Dyer

  Self Improvement, Unhappy, May

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Nov 13, 2011

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• Looking for approval or blaming others or feeling like a victim. Whenever I feel myself doing that I try to stop and see myself as someone who's a creator in more ways than just what the word typically means.

  Alanis Morissette

  Mean, Feelings, Trying

  "New Again: Alanis Morissette". Interview with Elizabeth Weitzman, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 15, 2015.

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• The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.

  Albert Ellis

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• I never wanted to go on stage alone because if you mess up, who can you blame?

  Patti LaBelle

  Funny, Humorous, Entrepreneur

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 24, 2013

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• It is better for you to take responsibility for your life as it is, instead of blaming others, or circumstances, for your predicament. As your eyes open, you'll see that your state of health, happiness, and every circumstance of your life has been, in large part, arranged by you - consciously or unconsciously.

  Dan Millman

  Life, Eye, Responsibility

  Dan Millman (2006). “Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book that Changes Lives”, p.28, H J Kramer

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• Today I release the need to blame anyone, including myself.

  Louise Hay

  Needs, Today, Blame

  FaceBook post by Louise Hay from Oct 10, 2013

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• Don't try to blame the pain on anyone. Blaming others won't erase the pain.

  Hyde

  Pain, Trying, Blame

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• You can be a victim or you can be rich, but you can't be both. Listen up! Every time, and I mean every time, you blame, justify, or complain, you are slitting your financial throat.

  T. Harv Eker

  Mean, Secret, Complaining

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Mar 13, 2013

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• If you listen to the political discourse in America today, you would think that all our problems have been caused by the Mexicans of the Chinese or the Muslims. The reality is that we have caused our own problems. Whatever has happened has been caused by isolating ourselves or blaming others.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Reality, Thinking, America

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• It's not exactly fair to make a mistake yourself and then start blaming others for it.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Mistake, Blame, Fairs

  ""Poverty Is a Greater Concern for Most than a Democratic Constitution"". Interview with Martin Doerry, www.spiegel.de. August 29, 2005.

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• When you check your own mind properly, you stop blaming others for your problems.

  Thubten Yeshe

  Mind, Blame, Problem

  Thubten Yeshe, Lama Yeshe, Josh Bartok, Nicholas Ribush (2011). “When the Chocolate Runs Out”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• We will not spend four years blaming others, we will take responsibility.

  Paul Ryan

  Responsibility, Years, Four

  Twitter post from Sep 02, 2012

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• While people are often content to criticize and blame others for what goes wrong, surely we should at least attempt to put forward constructive ideas. One thing is for certain: given human beings' love of truth, justice, peace, and freedom, creating a better, more compassionate world is a genuine possibility. The potential is there.

  Dalai Lama

  Love, Inspirational, Wisdom

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• You have to get beyond blaming others . . . give up your excuses . . . stand responsible for what you do . . . ultimately, ethics ends up an individual exercise.

  Price Pritchett

  Giving Up, Exercise, Individuality

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• Don't make excuses, make good.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Sports, Failure, Commitment

  Elbert Hubbard (1911). “A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard”

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• Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of government when anyone complains.

  Anthony Albanese

  Government, Issues, Community

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

  Robert Bloch

  Funny, Smile, Hilarious

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• If you continue to blame other people for “making” you feel guilty, they still have power over you, and you are saying that you will only feel good when they stop doing that. You are giving them control over your life. Stop blaming other people.

  Henry Cloud

  People, Giving, Feel Good

  Henry Cloud, John Townsend (2008). “Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No”, p.275, Zondervan

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• There's no more of an excuse for blaming other people or the world for at least not trying what you should be trying.

  Robert Greene

  People, Trying, World

  Source: dilanka.cc

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• One suffers as a result of one's own actions. So, instead of blaming others for such sufferings, one should pray to the Lord and depending entirely on His grace, try to bear them patiently and with forbearance under all circumstances.

  Sarada Devi

  Grace, Suffering, Trying

  "Reminiscences of Holy Mother Sarada Devi" by Swami Chetanananda,

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• You could begin to notice whenever you find yourself blaming others or justifying yourself. If you spent the rest of your life just noticing that and letting it be a way to uncover the silliness of the human condition-the tragic yet comic drama that we all continually buy into-you could develop a lot of wisdom and a lot of kindness as well as a great sense of humor.

  Pema Chodron

  Kindness, Drama, Finding Yourself

  Pema Chodron (1996). “Awakening Loving-Kindness”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

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• Barack Obama's life was so much simpler in 2009. Back then, he had refined the cold act of blaming others for the bad economy into an art form. Deficits? Blame Bush's tax cuts. Spending? Blame the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No business investment? Blame Wall Street.

  John Sununu

  Art, Wall, War

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