Samantha Power Quotes

You have to own your mistakes, otherwise your mistakes own you

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.

I really am a thinker. I don't do things rash. I know some of the things I've said or the way I act seem rash. But I do take ownership of it. I don't say things I don't mean.

One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

If you want to use a cliche you must take full responsibility for it yourself and not try to fob it off on anon., or on society.

I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.

It's not my style to blame anybody else.

I'll be the first one to tell you if I made a mistake.

While I fully recognize I had made a mistake in the whole relationship, and I'll call it a human error, I hesitate to call myself a victim because I strongly believe one should take responsibility for their actions.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them.

It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.

If I have something to apologize, I want to be the first one to step up and make that apology. I don't want anyone to broker it for me. I don't want anyone to take the hit for me. If I have anything to apologize for, I'm only human. I'm prone to making mistakes.

I would be quite content if I myself could be rated fifty-fifty in merits and demerits. But one thing I can say for myself: I have had a clear conscience all my life. Please mark my words: I have made quite a few mistakes, and I have my own share of responsibility for some of the mistakes made by Comrade Mao Zedong. But it can be said that I made my mistake with good intentions. There is nobody who doesn't make mistakes.

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

Do not make excuses, whether it's your fault or not.

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

I can pardon everybody's mistakes except my own.

To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else.

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.

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.

The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are 'accept responsibility.'

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.