Buddha Quotes

No mud can soil us but the mud we throw.

As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may befall me; therefore, I have always found myself capable of being my own pupil, and ready to love my teacher.

I can't judge the way other people behave. I can only look at myself.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

Self-reform is the only kind that works.

The highest strength is acquired not in overcoming the world, but in overcoming one's self. Learn to be cruel to thyself, to withstand thy appetites, to bear thy sufferings, and thou shalt become free and able.

Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.

Nobody else can destroy you except you; nobody else can save you except you. You are the Judas and you are the Jesus.

Changing your nature is the hardest thing to do. But I discovered that you can be who you choose to be.

Every man is the architect of his own life. He builds it just the way he wants it. However, after he has built what he wants, he sometimes decides that he doesn't like what he has built and looks for someone or something to blame instead of changing himself.

There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

Every day I have many choices to make about who I want to be.

I'm not blaming my mom for my life because I am responsible for me, and nobody can change me or ruin me easier than I can.

You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Scientology helps you lose your insanities. One of the keys is, they say, 'You're in charge of your life, buster. You're responsible for any condition you're in.' If I look at it that way, it helps.

You've got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they're told that what they're doing is harming their own life or whatever, you cannot make someone do it unless that person reaches the point where they know that they have to deal with it themselves.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

You only have the burdens on you that you choose to put there.

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.

Learn to expect less from life and more from yourself. Accept the changes that life throws at you. Remember, your destiny is pretty much in your hands. So, as your mom may have told you, keep them clean.

At the end of the day, you're responsible for yourself and your actions and that's all you can control. So rather than be frustrated with what you can't control, try to fix the things you can.