M. Scott Peck Quotes

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

I take accountability for being dumb and irresponsible.

One thing I realized, I was making too many excuses and not taking responsibility for how I was playing.

I personally believe a crucial ingredient in rehabilitation is to admit that you completely screwed up.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

I'm not really in the excuse business.

You've got to take responsibility for your own actions. We all know people who reach rock bottom. However much that they're told that what they're doing is harming their own life or whatever, you cannot make someone do it unless that person reaches the point where they know that they have to deal with it themselves.

That's one of our biggest problems, it's always somebody else's fault instead of our own fault.

The key to accepting responsibility for your life is to accept the fact that your choices, every one of them, are leading you inexorably to either success or failure, however you define those terms.

So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

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

As a person, I think you should assume the responsibilities of your actions.

I know the Chargers made mistakes, but I made a bunch of mistakes myself, and I've got to take responsibility for that.

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.

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 behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

People get DUIs, people get in fights with their boyfriends, it happens, life happens, but it's about being accountable for your actions. I don't know. I'm just not that girl, I don't go to clubs. I'm a pretty normal girl.

I will never attempt to even begin to make excuses for what I did in football.

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

Have I ever made a mistake? I am sure. Do I think I can stand on my record? I do.

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.

One of the things you learn in rehab is that you're responsible for your own actions.

I take ownership of every mistake I've ever made.