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.
When we blame, we give away our power.
When you blame others, you give up your power to change.
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.
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.
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying.
I praise loudly, I blame softly.
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.
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.
No one is a failure until they blame somebody else.
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.
Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one is to blame.
He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
A man may fall many times but he won't be a failure until he says someone pushed him.
Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed.
They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
— Plutarch
Neither blame or praise yourself.
— Proverb
The first mistake are theirs who commit them, the second are theirs that permit them.
— Proverb
Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.
Blame is a lazy man's wages.
Draw the curtain, the fraud is over.
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.
Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
— Saki
Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.
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. -
Everything I do you blame on me.
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
It's easy to point when you can't heal it.
There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.