James Allen Quotes

My miseries have always come out of my own flesh, never from any burden Jesus has laid on me.

This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have to be undone by me alone.

It ain't the rain, the snow, the boss, the competition, the spouse, the money, the car, the job, or the kids - it's you! And it always has been.

Whenever you think something or some person is ruining your life, it's you. A victimization mentality is so debilitating.

Each one of us reaps what we ourselves have sown. These miseries under which we suffer, these bondages under which we struggle, have been caused by ourselves, and none else in the universe is to blame. God is the least to blame for it.

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

If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible - only you and you alone. You are your hell and your heaven too.

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

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.

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility.

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.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves.

The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and seek relief from our own faults; we suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!

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.

The only thing that can stop me from being me is me.

We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.

My belief is that most of the limitations people have or face are self-imposed.

We suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!

The only person who can stop you from reaching your goals is you.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Buddah says once you understand that you are lost and you have to find your own way and there is no help coming, you become responsible. Prayer is irresponsible. To pray is just to avoid responsibility, to pray is to be lazy. To pray is just an escape. Buddha says effort is needed. It is an insult to pray.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.