George S. Patton Quotes

The words It's not my fault! should never again come from your mouth. The words It's not my fault! have been symbolically written on the gravestones of unsuccessful people ever since Eve took her first bite of the apple.

Don't try to shift your responsibilities on to somebody else.

All real difficulty stems from no responsibility. Full responsibility is not fault; it is recognition of being cause.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

I'm not really in the excuse business.

It's not my style to blame anybody else.

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

Everybody is responsible for their own actions. It's easy to point the finger at somebody else, but a real man, a real woman, a real person knows when it's time to take the blame and when to take responsibility for their own actions.

I'm not the person that when he has an off shooting game is going to make excuses.

Of course there is a lot of things you can work on and change and all that, but first I think you should look at yourself before you actually start trying to find excuse in the other people, whether it's going to be coach, physio, family, or whoever else is on your side.

Losses are inevitable, but excuses are optional.

If you remember your past too well you start blaming your present for it. Look what they did to me, that's what caused me to be like this, it's not my fault. Permit me to correct you: it probably is your fault. And kindly spare me the details.

Such is our need to shower blame on some distant entity when it is we who lack the courage to face up to what is there before us.

Even if it's not your fault, it's your responsibility.

Blaming others is excusing yourself.

Don't whine, complain, or make excuses.

Yes I make mistakes that I don't ever make excuses for

Blame is a neat little device that you can use whenever you don't want to take responsibility for something in your life. Use it and you will avoid all risks and impede your own growth.

No excuses; those were just weak.

If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.

Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.

One of the challenges of the movie is there are no apologies or excuses.

I gotta think that one that becomes a philosophy of work, which is "no excuses."

If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don't be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.