Sayings about Blame
People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised. ~ Traditional Proverb
The rich man makes mistakes and the poor men get the blame. ~ Romanian Proverbs
One does harm, and another bears the blame. ~ English Proverbs
Neither blame or praise yourself. ~ Traditional Proverb
Wine bears no blame — only the drunkard. ~ Russian Proverbs
Those who cant dance blame it on the music. ~ Jamaican Proverbs
If you don’t want to be hung yourself, blame the dog for stealing the sausage. ~ German Proverbs
If you cannot catch a fish, do not blame the sea. ~ Greek Proverbs
If the bride can’t dance, she blames the musicians. ~ Yiddish Proverbs
If a son is uneducated, his father is to blame. ~ Chinese Proverb
Everyone blames his memory, but never his judgment. ~ French Proverb
Adam must have an Eve to blame for his faults. ~ Italian Proverbs
If a wife is unfaithful then the husband is partly to blame. ~ Arabian Proverb
Blame is a lazy man’s wages. ~ Danish Proverb
Don’t blame your wife’s side if your son is cross-eyed. ~ Russian Proverb
He who flatters me is my enemy, who blames me is my teacher. ~ Chinese Proverb
Do not blame the sun for the darkness of the night. ~ Georgian Proverbs
The absent are always to blame. ~ Danish Proverb
You can’t blame the axe for the noise made by the chicken you are about to slaughter. ~ Malagasy Proverb
Worthless people blame their karma. ~ Myanmar Proverb
A bad workman always blames his tools. ~ Traditional Proverb
Man sins… then blames it on the devil. ~ Afghan Proverb
Quotations on Blame
Everything I do you blame on me. ~ Author Unknown
Some blames are actually praise, and some praises are actually blame. ~ Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Whatever side I take, I know well that I will be blamed. ~ Louis XIV
People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame — and only one — themselves. ~ Robert Collier
Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect. ~ Lionel Trilling
I praise loudly, I blame softly. ~ Catherine II of Russia
We live in a society that blames everybody else for what’s wrong. ~ Max Cannon
There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet. ~ Samuel Beckett
The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. ~ Kenneth Hildebrand
God, Private Enterprise and government have made me what I am, and now they have to take some of the blame. ~ Joy Baluch
When you blame others, you give up your power to change. ~ Dr. Robert Anthony
Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame. ~ Meg Greenfield
The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others. ~ Don Shula
No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. ~ Anita Brookner
Take your life in your own hands and what happens? A terrible thing: no one is to blame. ~ Erica Jong
Blame is safer than praise. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. ~ Laurence J. Peter
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes! ~ Sophocles
Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people. ~ Saki
Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow. ~ Henry S. Haskins
Luck’s always to blame. ~ Jean De La Fontaine
A man can get discouraged many times but he is not a failure until he begins to blame somebody else and stops trying. ~ John Burroughs
A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. ~ Arnold H. Glasgow
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame. ~ Author Unknown
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied, he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. ~ Arnold Bennett
When we blame, we give away our power. ~ Greg Anderson
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying. ~ Alexander Herzen
The sad souls of those who lived without blame and without praise. ~ Alighieri
You can’t blame gravity for falling in love. ~ Albert Einstein
In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman. ~ Lady Nancy Astor
No one is a failure until they blame somebody else. ~ Charles Jones
Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. ~ Bernard M. Baruch
All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you ~ Wayne Dyer
There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. ~ Oscar Wilde
Yes, there are times when something is legitimately not our fault. Blaming others, however, keeps us in a stuck state and is ultimately rough on our own self-esteem. ~ Eric Allenbaugh
Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
