Bill Clinton Quotes

It was my decision, and I blew it, but I’m not about to say that I blew it.

The blame is on me...I knew you were trouble when you walked in.

I know it's my fault I should've gave more.

If I sold something, and it didn't perform, I'd never forgive myself.

The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don't take responsibility for what you did wrong.

It is just as painful to me when I do poorly. If the fault is all mine, that's what's painful. If it's a situation where no one could have succeeded, I don't feel as bad.

People don't want to accept the responsibility for their own weakness, so they place the blame on something that they're not responsible for, like disease or genetics.

He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least. As for myself, I cannot even claim that. You see, I trusted. I trusted in his lorship's wisdom. All those years I served him, I trusted I was doing something worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?

When you point your finger 'cause your plan fell through You got three more fingers pointing back at you!

It's always easy to blame others. You can spend your entire life blaming the world, but your successes or failures are entirely your own responsibility.

I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that am sorry.

I lost the match. I blame only myself for this. There were many opportunities to win. But I missed them, no one else.

No excuses; those were just weak.

I cannot shift the blame for Chechnya, for the sorrow of numerous mothers and fathers. I made the decision, therefore I am responsible.

All this has been my fault.

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.

I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.

Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life.

When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.

If you could see the instructions that I gave Jerry to begin with, I'd be embarrassed.

I let the American people down.

It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.

An artist is his own fault.

I think the most dangerous word in the English language is 'should.' 'I should have done this.' Or 'I should do that.' 'Should' implies responsibility. It connotes demand. Which is just not the case. Life ebbs and flows.

Team sports, there's always some kind of sacrifice happening... A team, if we lose, if Michael Jordan has a bad night, you hang it on him a little bit... but if you lose as a tennis player, you have no one to blame but yourself, and that's a different beast.