“...And these vicissitudes come best in youth; For when they happen at a riper age, People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth, And wonder Providence is not more sage. Adversity is the first path to truth: He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.” PeopleFirstsWarHappensTruthAgeWonderPathFateYouthAdversityBlameWinterStormRageProvidenceSageEightyEighteenVicissitudes Book:DON JUAN Source: DON JUAN
“The idea of blaming alcohol or drugs or quote-unquote "promiscuity" is a false path. The real issue is that men should not hurt women.” MenShouldIdeasRealHurtPathIssuesDrugBlameAlcoholPromiscuity Author:Jon Shenk
“Compassion allows us to use our own pain and the pain of others as a vehicle for connection. This is a delicate and profound path. We may be adverse to seeing our own suffering because it tends to ignite a blaze of self-blame and regret. And we may be adverse to seeing suffering in others because we find it unbearable or distasteful, or we find it threatening to our own happiness. All of these possible reactions to the suffering in the word make us want to turn away from life.” WantMaySelfUsePainSufferingTurnsCompassionPathSeeingRegretConnectionsBlameProfoundReactionsDelicateVehicleThreateningUnbearableAdverseIgniteDistasteful Book:The Kindness Handbook: A Practical Companion Source: The Kindness Handbook: A Practical Companion
“The really funny thing is that my mom and my dad never, ever, ever wanted me to be in this businessbut it just kind of happened. I blame it all on my mom who was still dancing on stage with me when she was however many months pregnant. I always say that I was dancing and acting in the belly. I feel like it’s something I was born with and inspired by my family since I grew up backstage, watching them perform. I guess it was just a natural path for me.” FeelsKindStillsWantedBornNaturalActingPathHappenedStageGrewMomMonthsDadGrew UpMy FamilyBlameDancingInspiredMy DadMy MomPregnantBellyFunny Things Author:Ksenia Solo
“Life takes its path and sometimes there are people to blame. Of course there are bad people in this world. Good, bad, it happens unfortunately. But in a way I think if there was more focus on the good, more good would happen.” PeopleIfsThinkingWorldWaySometimesHappensCoursesPathFocusThis WorldBlameBad People Author:Andrea Corr
“Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions. Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.'” PeopleMeanSpeakLossPathWonderfulSecurityBlameEaseExpensesRomeMore MoneyHailForumsIndustriousProcession Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Aren't you ashamed, you who walk backward along the whole path of existence, and blame me for walking backward along the path of the promenade?” WholeWalksExistencePathWalkingBlameAshamedBlame MePromenade Author:Diogenes
“I run my own world, because I very firmly believe that my destiny, my future, is in my hands, and I don't want to blame anybody else for the path that I take.” WorldWantBelieveHandsRunningMy OwnDestinyPathBlameAccountabilityMy FutureMy DestinyMy Own World Author:Vijay Mallya
“The path to relative economic, social and ecological sustainability is guaranteed to be littered with failures of every nature and scale. If we recognize them and learn from them, the transition will proceed faster and in more resource-efficient ways. If, on the other hand, we prefer the short-term comfort of burying our failures, or of blaming scapegoats, the transition will be significantly slowed, or could even be derailed completely.” IfsWayHandsSocialTermInspiringPathEconomicComfortResourcesBlameScalesFasterTransitionRelativeEfficientSustainabilityShort TermEcologicalScapegoatBurying Author:John Elkington
“Every day we have a choice. We can take the easier road, the more cynical road, which is a road sometimes based on a dream of a past that never was, fear of each other, distancing and blame, or we can take the much more difficult path, the road of transformation, transcendence, compassion, and love, but also accountability and justice.” SometimesDreamPastChoicesDifficultJusticeCompassionPathEasierAnd LoveTransformationBlameAccountabilityThought ProvokingCynicalProvokingTranscendence Author:Jacqueline Novogratz