152 Blaming Others Quotes

Do you ever find yourself blaming others for your problems? Do you wish there was an easier way to take control of your life?

Some people feel as though they have no control over their lives, so they turn to blaming others for their troubles and challenges.

This can lead to a negative spiral of self-defeating patterns where we look externally instead of internally.

We need to accept responsibility for our own actions and decisions, and forget about holding others responsible for our mistakes or bad choices.

The right words can often motivate us and help us stay on track with taking accountability.

Here are great quotes about not blaming others that will help you break this cycle.

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152 Blaming Others Quotes

“No one has the power to shatter your dreams unless you give it to them.”
“You are responsible for your life. You can’t keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”
“People will always try and blame something or someone else in order to explain away their own wrongdoings instead of just owning up to what they did.”
“If you take responsibility for yourself, you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dream.”
“There is no point in blaming anyone for mistakes if it won’t matter tomorrow; make things right today, regardless how wronged each other were yesterday.”
“Accept responsibility for your life – know that is is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”
“When we blame others, we give up our power to change.”
“If you blame others for your failures, you will find it hard to grow and develop.”
“The only thing we have control over is ourselves—in terms of how we respond, and not blame anyone else for what’s going on in our own lives.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Don’t give them the gratification of blaming them when things go wrong in your life. Take responsibility!”
“Don’t let other people assign roles to you — not even unintentionally and unconsciously or by blaming you for things that are wrong with their lives or not working out for them. You get to set the boundaries of who you are in this world.”
“Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security or love – you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.
“Nothing external can be blamed—not even family and friends—for what happens to us in life; only we have the power to direct our own destiny.”
“Blame keeps us trapped in the past and prevents us from having a new experience!”
“If you want to blame someone for your troubles now, blame yourself and nobody else.”
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
“Those who spend their time blaming others often have very little time left over in which to improve themselves.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love; never blame anyone in your life; good people give you happiness and bad people give you an experience! Thank them both!”
“What other people think of me is none of my business. I am responsible for what I think and feel and do, and it is only my internal condition that affects me emotionally—not people’s opinions about me or situations beyond my control.”
“Take ownership for how you feel: don’t look for others to always make things right for you or make it okay for you to be happy; take responsibility for making positive changes in your life, rather than blaming something or someone else for what isn’t working in your world today! Choose joy! Find peace! See positivity! Own it all fully!”
“Blame someone else and get away with it; most people are too busy blaming others to notice.”
“People blame others in order to make themselves feel better, but it does more damage than good.”
“It is easier to justify taking the wrong path by blaming somebody else for showing us the way.”
“Never be fooled when someone blames everyone but himself as this means he finds it difficult to accept responsibility for his bad deeds or inaction.
“Hurling blame will only create resentments and divisions.”
“Blaming other people gives you a brief escape from your shame, but that distraction won’t last long.”
“If you want to know who’s responsible for your unhappiness, take a look in the mirror.”
“Own up to your mistakes instead of shifting the blame somewhere else.”
“Blaming others is excusing yourself.”
“It’s easier to find somebody to blame than it is to find somebody to help.”
“A person who blames others has a long way to go before they can take responsibility for themselves.”
“Stop blaming others and blaming situations– in yourself is the only place you can make a change.”
“The easiest way of escaping our own duties is by accusing others for our not fulfilling them.”
“It is easier to blame others for our own failures than it is to admit that we don’t have what it takes.”
“When people wrong you, blaming them does not give you peace; hating them does not give you joy.”
“All too often, you discover that the people who lay blame on others are those who least take responsibility themselves.”
“Blaming other people for your karma… reduces the importance and significance of your character as an individual in determining your future success or failure in life.”
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.”
“You are responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
“Never be fooled into believing that those who can’t accept responsibility for their actions will respond positively to being held accountable by someone else.”
“The man who can blame himself usually gets all the credit when things come out right.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“Don’t blame others for your lack of ambition, empathy or maturity. That’s your job and no one else’s”
“If you always think negatively and find faults in others, you will never have friends in life.’
“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
“Take responsibility for yourself and stop blaming other people or situations for why things aren’t happening in your life.”
“Be responsible for what you do and accept the consequences of mistakes instead of blaming someone else.”
“Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.”
“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”
“If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.”
“It is easier to blame others than it is to look inwardly at oneself.”
“Nothing lessens the flavor of beer like blaming someone else for drinking it.”
“When you point one finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back at you!”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“Don’t blame others for not understanding you, sometimes it’s just because they cannot accept the truth.”
“You can’t keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.”
“If you are always blaming others for your own mistakes, you will only find more misery in life.”
“When someone blames you for something that wasn’t your fault, say nothing and remain unaffected.”
“Those who constantly blame others show their weakness and dishonesty.”
“Do not blame anyone in your life; good people give you happiness, bad people give you experience.”
“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
“It’s so much easier to point fingers than it is to accept responsibility.”
“It is easier to blame someone else for all that has gone wrong than to hold ourselves accountable for our own decisions and actions.”
“The easiest way to avoid accountability is to simply blame another person or an outside force. The harder route is to look inward, be brave, make changes where necessary, and take ownership of what’s ours.”
“Denying mistakes or faults and blaming them on other people will never help you grow stronger and wiser in life.”
“Blaming people does not exist in a vacuum — Blaming operates as part of a continuum of passive aggressive emotions such as envy, jealousy, spitefulness, resentment and guilt tripping. Its constant refrain is always one of victimhood.”
“So many try hard to place the blame elsewhere in order not to take any responsibility at all.”
Don’t spend too much time blaming others; it’s better if you spend more energy improving yourself.
“It’s not what they did to you that counts, it’s how you handle it afterwards.”
“You cannot control the behavior of others, but you can always choose how you respond to it.”
“Stop blaming other people and circumstances for your mistakes. Take responsibility for your life and every decision that you make.”
“Blaming others makes as much sense as speeding in a school zone and then blaming the cops for giving you a ticket.”
“He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey of self-discovery.”
“Your life is never driven by the opinions of those around you; It is only derailed when they seem to hold more power over your decisions than what is within yourself.”
“Don’t blame other people or even situations for any dissatisfaction in your life—it won’t do any good, isn’t productive, and can keep us stuck.”
“With every mistake we must surely be learning.”
“Never blame anyone in your life. Good people give you happiness. Bad people give you experience. Worst people give you a lesson. And best people give you memories.”
“The only one who can change the direction of your life is you and the only way to take responsibility for your life is to stop blaming others and making excuses.”
“It’s not what has happened to us but how we respond to it that determines our future.”
“Stop pointing fingers and start taking action for yourself.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“Focus on changing yourself, instead of trying to change the circumstances around you.”
“Let him who is without fault among you be the first to throw a stone at her.”
“To blame another for one’s own wrong-doing is a common trick of narrow minds.”
“When we place blame, we give away our power and deny ourselves any possibility of making amends in an effective way.”
“Pointing your finger at someone may get their attention and make them realize their mistakes, but it will also take away their courage to stand up for themselves and prove you wrong.”
“It’s so much easier to point fingers than it is to accept responsibility.”
“Responsibility isn’t about blaming; it’s about ownership.”
“You may be able to fool the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
“Success means never having to say you’re sorry for blaming others.”
“Never blame circumstances for your wrong choices, instead take responsibility and make better ones.”
“No one ever blames themselves; they control their own destiny.”
“Fooling yourself is easy, it’s lying to others that takes the skill.”
“If you can’t own your mistakes, you will never progress in life.”
“You can’t keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on.”
“The weakest among us are those who constantly blame others for their own failings.”
“Don’t waste time blaming the world for what you lack, develop it in yourself instead of searching for it in others.”
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body; but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ‘WOOHOO! What a ride!”
“I take responsibility for my own mistakes and successes…never wasting energy worrying about things beyond my control or blaming others for where I am today.”
“Self-blame never leads anywhere good.”
“By blaming others we try to get off the hook:someone else did this all to me and his will is imposed upon mine .”
“We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as we are.”
“Taking responsibility for your actions is one of the most powerful things you can do in life. Don’t blame others for your failures or successes, accept ownership and make changes accordingly.”
“No one else is responsible for your happiness but you. Stop blaming external factors for the troubles and joys of life because you have the power to change them both if necessary.”
“Without taking responsibility, nobody can move forward. Blaming others only keeps us stuck in frustration, negativity and regret. Take an honest look at yourself and acknowledge what you can do to improve a situation before pointing fingers elsewhere.”
“When someone refuses to take responsibility and resorts to blaming others instead, it is ultimately his own character which suffers the most damage in the end.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.”
“It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely express remorse without feeling coerced.”
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
“You will always be wrong if you blame other people for something that is in your power to change yourself.”
“It’s so much easier to blame it on somebody else, Or something else; anyone or anything but one ‘self.’ It’s so much easier when your biggest critic is not the voice inside, But the voice outside is someone else at which you can vent and hide.
“Blame springs from habits of taking sides rather than investigating objectively.”
“If I’m careless enough to get myself into this mess, I should be man enough to get myself out.”
“Don’t blame me for your own misgivings.”
“People blame those who fail rather than seeing the responsibility they have to help the failed person succeed.”
“Don’t blame people for disappointing you, blame yourself for expecting too much from them.”
“When someone blames another, there is always a question of why did they do it, when really it is more often why did we allow it?”
“Blame never solves any problem; solving them or trying to find a solution does.”
“Life doesn’t punish us, only other people’s stupid judgments do and those that we internalize and call our self-blame.”
“No one should have to pay for someone else’s mistakes or their own carelessness; therefore, never blame someone else for your own failure to be prepared or informed enough to make the best decisions in life.”
“If you keep blaming something or someone else for your problems, you will never know what true happiness and success feels like.”
“We may not be able to control all that happens to us, but we can control what we will feel and do about what happens to us.”
“If you want to end the blame game, don’t play.”
“When it comes to the point where you have to start equalizing the fault, it’s never Right VS Wrong, it’s just two wrongs.”
“If you spend your time blaming others for your problems, there is little left for solving them.”
“Blaming others takes away our power and most of all makes us look like a fool in front of ourselves and others. Own up and make things right!”
“With enough courage and determination you can do without blaming others for your misfortune.”
“The only person who can change your life is you; stop blaming others.”
“The easiest thing to do is blame somebody else.”
“Some people will look for someone else to fix their problems, instead of solving them themselves.”
“If you want to avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”
“Don’t waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.”
When we blame others for our personal disappointments, we are giving away our power and negatively impacting other relationships.”
“You may not always be responsible for the situation you’re in but you are always responsible for how you handle it.”
“Blaming others takes from us the power needed to make a change.”
“You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.”
“It’s easier to blame than it is to change.”
“Never try to blame someone for your own mistakes and shortcomings.”
“It’s easier to point out the mistakes of others than admit our own.”
“Falsely accusing or blaming others is a foolproof way of avoiding responsibility yourself.”
“When you point a finger at someone, there are three fingers pointing back at you.”
Before you criticise someone, walk a mile in their shoes; then when you do criticise them you’ll be a mile away and have their shoes.
“When you blame others, you give up your power to change.”
“It’s so much easier to point fingers then it is to accept responsibility.”
“The most dangerous way people give up their power is by blaming other people and circumstances for their choices and actions.”
“Laying blame on someone else is an excuse, nothing more than a story we tell ourselves when we don’t want to look in the mirror of reality.”
“Blaming others gives you temporary relief but accepting responsibility lasts a lifetime.”
“Blame is ultimately destructive because it keeps us from looking objectively at our own behavior and our own motivations which are always paramount factors in any given situation.”
“Blame takes away the chance of making things work out better next time.”

Final Thoughts

I hope that these inspirational quotes about blaming others have helped you to think about how you can take responsibility for your own actions and decisions.

Blaming others is never the answer, and it’s important to remember that we are all responsible for our own lives.