Mitski Quotes

Of all the things I could know, my own faults and weaknesses are pretty much the most important.

I have a pretty clear picture of the whole weight of my life, and there are things that I've done that are good, and I'm proud of them. There are things that I'm really not proud of, and that they, you have to look at me with a perspective, and I try really hard to do that, to keep from thinking I'm cool and ever so smart.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

Of course there is a lot of things you can work on and change and all that, but first I think you should look at yourself before you actually start trying to find excuse in the other people, whether it's going to be coach, physio, family, or whoever else is on your side.

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

I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left with the feeling that maybe I should have done more.

I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time.

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.

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

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.

I just have to be myself. I'm not perfect, and I'm going to make mistakes; I might say the wrong thing. I have to be responsible to my community, and I feel like I am, but then I have to not be so hard on myself.

I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.

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.

Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough.

I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

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

My expectations of other people, I double them on myself.

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

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

Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism.

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.

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

The best comics enlist you to take accountability for who you are, whether you like it or not.

No one is perfect. Your ERA is not zero. You're not going to have 30 wins. And your batting average isn't going to be 1.000. So you don't have the right to verbally talk out about somebody. Look at yourself. Did you do everything you could do? Did you start your day off right? Are you perfect?