“It is not always our faults that ruin us, but the manner of our conduct after we have committed them.”

“They call us terrorists after they ruined our countries.”

Immortal Technique (1978) American rapper and activist

“It was our fault, and our very great fault—and now we must turn it to use.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.”

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist

“They'll name a city after us
And later say it's all our fault…”

Regina Spektor (1980) American singer-songwriter and pianist

“Religion, in its most general view, is such a Sense of God in the soul, and such a conviction of our obligations to him, and of our dependence upon him, as shall engage us to make it our great care to conduct ourselves in a manner which we have reason to believe will be pleasing to him.”

Philip Doddridge (1702–1751) English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter

“To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature.”

Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher

“The most difficult thing to accept is that we are usually the source of our suffering. For example, if we believe that nothing works out for us, we never pour ourselves into our goals and so they never come to fruition. If we have decided that people always leave, we never fully commit to them and so the relationship we have with them never becomes secure.”

Teal Swan (1984) American spiritual teacher

“Knowledge, having irritated and stimulated our appetite for power, will lead us inexorably to our ruin.”

Emil M. Cioran book History and Utopia

“We should always choose our books as God chooses our friends, just a bit beyond us, so that we have to do our level best to keep up with them.”

Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) British missionary

“Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.”

Neal A. Maxwell (1926–2004) Mormon leader