Jeffrey Gitomer Quotes

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.

Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better.

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.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

People really haven't seen me in good shape. I understand that. I created that by myself. There is no one else to blame but me.

We must look within ourselves, become responsible and provide fresh solutions if we ever want to do more than complain,or make excuses.

One of man's greatest failings is that he looks almost always for an excuse, in the misfortune that befalls him through his own fault, before looking for a remedy-which means he often finds the remedy too late.

The repentant man rightfully loses trust in himself. He recognizes his self-dependence as the source of his problems, not the solution.

If you recognize that all of your inner hurts are caused by your own wrong actions or your own wrong reactions or your own wrong inaction, then you will stop hurting yourself.

Just as your hand has the power to hide the sun, mediocrity has the power to hide your inner light. Do not blame others for your own incompetence.

Blame is a neat little device that you can use whenever you don't want to take responsibility for something in your life. Use it and you will avoid all risks and impede your own growth.

If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions then you are forever chained to a position of defense.

If your world isn't right, the cause is in you.

We are at once the problem and the only possible solution to the problem.

In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity, or you can pick yourself up and say, 'Listen, I have to be responsible for myself.'

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

I try to be a good person. I know what my downfalls are, so that's a good thing.

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.

There is no public out there who needs to change. It's each one of us.

I think the difference between finding happiness, or moments of happiness, is how you choose to interpret things. That's a rather shocking responsibility. That we're responsible for our own happiness. It's not those around us.

As long as you blame someone or something else - something outside you that's bigger than you are - as the source of your problems, the problems won't get solved.

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

My life motto is 'Do my best, so that I can't blame myself for anything.'