Action Quote by Woodrow Wilson

It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has…

— Epictetus

“The distinction is essential. Fault implies a failure or weakness for which a person should be held to account, if not outright blamed. Misfortune…

— Joshua Wolf Shenk

A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.

— Aesop

There is no end to one's faults. To think of them makes one humble.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

“All faults or defects, from the slightest misconduct to the most flagitious crime, Pantocyclus attributed to some deviation from perfect Regularity in the bodily…

— Edwin A. Abbott

'Fault' means failure to meet a standard. Whose? Mine.

— Hugh Prather

To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature.

— Plutarch

“There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: (1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction; (2) cowardice, which leads to capture; (3) a…

— Sun Tzu

A persons faults are their most memorable qualities.

— Senoraroy

In writing, as in life, faults are endured without disgust when they are associated with transcendent merit, and may be sometimes recommended to weak…

— Samuel Johnson

“It still stops my having any feeling of pride when people think well of what I do, for I say to myself: Since any…

— John Beevers

Such excessive preoccupation with his faults is not a truly spiritual activity but, on the contrary, a highly egoistic one.The recognition of his own…

— Paul Brunton