“This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.”

“A prisoner mentality is anything that blames anything outside of you for the pain you have.”

Guy Finley (1949) American self-help writer, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, and former professional songwriter and musician

“You can't keep blaming yourself. Just blame yourself once, and move on."

Homer Simpson”

Matt Groening (1954) American cartoonist

“Feelings are your guide. Trust your feelings and learn to express them, and do not blame anyone for how you feel. Be yourself, observe yourself. Look to understand any crisis you have been in or will be in.”

Barbara Marciniak (1928–2012)

“When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.”

Joe Strummer (1952–2002) British musician, singer, actor and songwriter

“Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

“But if you on stage with the DEA, as your hype man, don't get yourself locked up and blame the white man.”

Immortal Technique (1978) American rapper and activist

“If you want to be a doormat you have to lay yourself down first.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“You have yourself to blame.”

Ben Carson (1951) 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon

“Finally, remember to blame no one, including yourself, whenever some calamities fall upon you.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author