#lame

The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn. ↗

— Robert Teeter

#downturn #get #going #political #president

If one man is representing India in cricket, then yes, blame that person when things go wrong. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#cricket #go #india #man #person

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#besides #country #criminals #does #entertainers

Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#cultivate #public #whatever #you #yourself

To err is human. To blame someone else is politics. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#else #err #human #politics #someone

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. ↗

— Dwight Morrow

#blame #credit #drought #must #opponents

And New York is the most beautiful city in the world? It is not far from it. No urban night is like the night there... Squares after squares of flame, set up and cut into the aether. Here is our poetry, for we have pulled down the stars to our will. ↗

— Ezra Pound

#beautiful #beautiful city #city #cut #down

These two things are almost all I want, but unfortunately, neither one is my strong suit. I am very strong on blame, and wish this were one of God's values, but trust, surrender? Letting go, forgiveness? Maybe just after a period of prayer, but then when the mood passes and real life rears its ugly head again? Not so much. I hate this, the fact that life is usually Chutes and Ladders, with no guaranteed gains. I cannot will myself into having these qualities, so I have to pray for them more often, if I want to be happy. I have to create the habit, just as I had to do with daily writing, and flossing. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#forgiveness #happy #letting-go #prayer #surrender

If the soul is left in darkness, sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness. (Monseigneur Bienvenu in _Les Miserables_) ↗

— Victor Hugo

#commitment

It's so much easier to point a finger than to take responsibility yourself, isn't it? Maybe it isn't so simple as this person's fault or that one. Maybe we make up the dance together, as we go along, and no one knows what the result will be. ↗

— Claire Cross

#life-advice #relationship-advice #life