It is not society's fault that most men seem to miss their vocation. Most men have no vocation.
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 faults should make a man humbler, when it is beneficial, not prouder, which the thought that he ought to have been above these faults makes him.
Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.
The greatest sin of airline management of the last 22 years is to say, "It's all labor's fault. "
Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.
If you want a person's faults, go to those who love him. They will not tell you, but they know.
In a story, the craftsmanship is fully exposed. A novel is like charity; it covers a multitude of faults.
Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder to the faults of those around me.
It's not my fault who I am. The only think that's my fault is what I choose to do
Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
Read proudly--put the duty of being read invariably on the author. If he is not read, whose fault is it? I am quite ready to be charmed, but I shall not make-believe I am charmed.
At the same time I know that it’s not really their fault, at least not completely. I did my part too. I did it on a hundred different days and in a thousand different ways, and I know it. But this makes the anger worse, not better.
Translations increase the faults of a work and spoil its beauties.
As long as one is following the right way, one should never be concerned about the reproaches of those who like to find faults.
A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.
There are faults which show heart and win hearts, while the virtue in which there is no love, repels.
This country provides opportunities. If you don't take advantage of them, it's your own fault.
If you see in your children most of your own faults, you have failed as a parent, but succeeded as a neurotic.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. ]
The fault of the horse is put on the saddle.