“In other men we faults can spy,/ And blame the mote that dims their eye;/ Each little speck and blemish find;/ To our own stronger errors blind.” MenLittlesEyeStrongerBlameBlindErrorsFaultsBlindnessSpySpecks Book:Poor Richard's Almanack Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“the point of educating instead of blaming seems to me very important. For nothing stultifies one more than being blamed. Moreover, if the question is, who is to blame?, perhaps each will want to place the blame on someone else, or on the other hand, someone may try to shield his fellow-worker. In either case the attempt is to hide the error and if this is done the error cannot be corrected.” IfsWantTryingMayImportantDoneHandsSeemsLeadershipCasesFellowsBlameErrorsWorkersShieldsFellow Workers Book:Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s Source: Mary Parker Follett--prophet of management: a celebration of writings from the 1920s
“Time affords us the ability to blame past errors on others while whole heartedly pronouncing our futures successes.” WholePastAbilityBlameErrorsOur Future Author:Douglas Adams
“And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will be praised or not blamed; but when they cannot, and wish to do it anyway, here lies the error and the blame.” MenLyingDesireWishNaturalOrdinaryBlameErrorsAcquireOrdinary Things Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Your actions are your own. Your choices are your own. Each of us carries a burden of guilt for decisions made or not made. You can let that rule your whole life or you can put it behind you and move on. Only a madman lets jealousy determine the course of his existence. Only a weak man blames others for his own errors.” MenMadeWholeActionMovingChoicesCoursesDecisionBehindsExistenceWeakBlameGuiltErrorsDetermineBurdenWhole LifeCarrieBehind YouMadmenDecisions MadeWeak Man Author:Juliet Marillier
“But there is only one person I blame for getting shafted, and that's myself. I went into the deal which I thought would secure the future of Orange Aids with culpable impetuosity. I had been used to doing business on a handshake and my work of honour, and I made the error of actually believing what the men in the pin-striped suits told me.” MenBelievePersonsMadeUsedDealsBusinessHe ManBlameErrorsAidsSuitsSecureHonourOrangePinsHandshake Author:Trevor Baylis
“Man and woman and speech and deed and city and object should be honored with praise if praiseworthy and incur blame if unworthy, for it is an equal error and mistake to blame the praisable and to praise the blamable.” IfsMenShouldCitiesMistakeObjectsEqualSpeechMen And WomenPraiseBlameErrorsDeedsHonoredUnworthyPraiseworthy Author:Gorgias
“A man and his wife, each in a different small plane, were out enjoying a flight, when the husband committed a flight error. He was able to recover, but his wife who was following him, crashed and was killed. The husband was distraught, blaming himself for the accident. One day when pleading with the Lord for forgiveness, he heard a voice saying "Jesus died, even for dumb mistakes."” MenDifferentAbleJesusEnjoyVoiceMistakeLordWifeHeardOne DayHusbandDiedBlameErrorsCommittedFollowingAccidentsFlightDumbPlanesPleadingDistraught Author:Truman G. Madsen
“At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, one of which is the error of blaming it on the computer.” HumansTwoLearningSourceComputerBlameErrorsProgrammingComputer ProgrammingProgramming LanguagesComputer LanguageHuman Error Author:Tom Gilb