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“The hunger [to success] is the same, no matter what it is that you're doing. It's like an unquenchable thirst to learn more, or to feel like you could have done more, and to be brutally honest and self critical, which is very hard to do. It's easy, and human nature is to just blame somebody else. It's very, very hard to self assess.”

Feels Humans Self Matter Hard Done Easy Honest Human Nature Like You No Matter What Blame Hunger Critical Thirst Brutally Honest

Author:Kobe Bryant

“We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.”

Knows Men Humans Certain Human Nature Degrees Constitution Blame Arise Selfishness Opposition Sentiments Inherent Inseparable Allowance

Book:A Treatise of Human Nature

Source: A Treatise of Human Nature

“It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and,when the wind turns against us,always to find an excuse for our own misdeeds,or to blame someone else for our mistakes.”

Humans Turns Mistake Human Nature Judging Wind Blame Excuse Misdeeds Blame Someone

Author:Paulo Coelho

“One of the less attractive aspects of human nature is our tendency to hate the people we haven't treated very well; it's much easier than accepting guilt. If we can convince ourselves that the people we betrayed or enslaved were subhuman monsters in the first place, then our guilt isn't nearly so black as we secretly know that it is. Humans are very, very good at shifting blame and avoiding guilt.”

“When something horrible happens, it's human nature to want to blame it on someone. We want someone to be held accountable, even though sometimes things just happen.”

Want Humans Sometimes Happens Human Nature Blame Horrible

Book:The Abandon Trilogy: Abandon, Underworld and Awaken

Source: The Abandon Trilogy: Abandon, Underworld and Awaken

“A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.”

Humans Simple Human Nature Tears Sorrow Creatures Kissing Praise Blame Cooking Simplicity Transient Love Kiss

Author:William Wordsworth

“It's human nature to blame someone else for your shortcomings or upsets.”

Humans Human Nature Blame Financial Upset Shortcomings Financial Success Blame Someone

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“It is human nature to want to believe in the wizardry of the magician--but also to turn against him and to scorn him the moment that he commits the slightest error that reveals his trickery. Those in the audience are embarrassed to have been so easily astonished, and they blame the performer for their gullibility.”

Want Believe Humans Has Beens Moments Turns Audience Human Nature Blame Errors Commit Performers Embarrassed Magician Scorn Trickery Gullibility Wizardry

Book:Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)

Source: Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Short Story)

“Human nature was all about shifting blame...and responsibility. How else could you explain concentration camps and genocide and all the awful things people did to each other every day? They just carried on life and pretended like the evil didn't exist, as long as it was happening out of their direct view.”

People Humans Long Evil Views Responsibility Human Nature Happenings Direct Blame Awful Concentration Camps Genocide Shifting Concentration Camp

Author:Rachel Caine