C. S. Lewis Quotes

We have failed to practise ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

Stop blaming the world—look inside!

Before thou reprehend another, take heed thou art not culpable in what thou goest about to reprehend. He that cleanses a blot with blotted fingers makes a greater blur.

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

Take account of yourselves before you are brought to account.

Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.

There are a lot of black-hearted, mean-spirited bastards in the world. It's important that we hold them to acount. But always remember that you might be the most black-hearted and mean-spirited in the lot, so hold yourself the most accountable of all.

The human race is inquisitive about other people's lives, but negligent to correct their own.

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

Whatever one of us blames in another, each one will find in his own heart.

Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less.

You know, I'd like to sit here and blame everybody else for my trouble. I just can't do that. I can't find it in myself to do it.

Some of us have become so addicted to pointing fingers at others for all the wrong that happens in our lives that self-assessment has become synonymous with blaming the victim.

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

Let him who means to tax another, examine himself, and then he will be silent.

What, pray, does it profit a man to teach others, and to be prating always about virtue, in high-sounding words, if he fails to give heed to his own instructions?

The truth needs to explain why you are the way you are, why you did what you did.

It's easy for us to look at another country or another political party and say, 'Enough! Do better!'. It is a tougher conversation when the problem is in our own tent.

The more we focus on what everyone else is doing wrong, the less energy we have to fix what we're doing wrong.

We can't create change until we recognize and check our own actions.