Blame Quotes

Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. -Chinese Proverb

Blame is a lazy man's wages. -Danish proverb

Neither blame or praise yourself. -Proverb

Neither blame or praise yourself. -Proverb

Yes, there are times when something is legitimately not our fault. Blaming others, however, keeps us in a stuck state and is ultimately rough on our own self-esteem. -Eric Allenbaugh

When we blame, we give away our power. -Greg Anderson

When you blame others, you give up your power to change. -Dr. Robert Anthony

In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman. -Nancy Astor

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet. -Samuel Beckett

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. -Arnold Bennett

I praise loudly, I blame softly. -Catherine II of Russia

People who are out to find fault seldom find anything else. It is a waste of time, no matter how much you find fault, it is not going to change anything. It's better to find a remedy. -James Dye

God isn't what's wrong with the world. It's just who people blame when there's nowhere to point the finger but at ourselves. -James Dye

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. 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

The search for someone to blame is always successful. -Robert Half

When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. You look into the reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or our family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change. -Thich Nhat Hanh

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. -Kenneth Hildebrand

No one is a failure until they blame somebody else. -Charles ''Tremendous'' Jones

No one to blame! That was why most people led lives they hated, with people they hated. How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right. You may be fragmented, but you feel absolved of all the blame for it. Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. -Erica Jong

Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one is to blame. -Erica Jong

He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. -Thomas Kempis

A man may fall many times but he won't be a failure until he says someone pushed him. -Elmer G. Letterman

Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed. -Louis XIV

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help. -William Penn

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult. -Plutarch

Draw the curtain, the fraud is over. -Francois Rabelais

We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster. -Theodore Roosevelt

Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. -Saki [Hector Hugh Munro]

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up. -Charles Monroe Schulz

Everything I do you blame on me. -Source Unknown

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame. -Source Unknown

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month. -Source Unknown

It's easy to point when you can't heal it. -Don Walk

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. -Oscar Wilde