Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim.
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I'm all for holding each other accountable, but it feels as if we're hurling toward a society of finger-pointers, because we don't hold ourselves accountable for anything.
Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.
I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me.
In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'
There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been.
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.
People who are angry at themselves sometimes blame others.
Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
It's human nature to blame someone else for your shortcomings or upsets.
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