120 Credits Quotes

Following is our list of credits quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about taking credit for other people's work.

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Famous Credits Quotes

Credit you give yourself is not worth having. — Irving Thalberg

Giving credit where credit is due is a very rewarding habit to form. Its rewards are inestimable. — Loretta Young

Attribute to God every good that you have received. If you take credit for something that does not belong to you, you will be guilty of theft. — Anthony of Padua

George Bush taking credit for the wall coming down is like the rooster taking credit for the sun rising. — Al Gore

Credit is probably more acceptable in American culture than elsewhere. — John W. Henry

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received. — Lao Tzu

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit. — Arnold Glasgow

A strong leader accepts blame and gives the credit. A weak leader gives blame and accepts the credit. — John Wooden

The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. — Dwight Morrow

The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. — Dwight Whitney Morrow

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. — Dwight Morrow

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. — Dwight Whitney Morrow

Credit is always the disease that masquerades as the cure. — Russell Napier

If we blame others for our failures, then we should also give others credit for our successes. — American Proverbs

Take a moment to think about your answer to this question: Am I prepared to have great success and not get any credit for it? — Tony Dungy

Short Credits Quotes

  • It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S Truman
  • It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. — Harry S. Truman
  • There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. — Ronald Reagan
  • Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit — Dorothy Height
  • When the facts change, I change my mind. — John Maynard Keynes
  • No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. — Andrew Carnegie
  • The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them. — Benjamin Jowett
  • Bitcoin is money. Everything else is credit. — Michael Saylor
  • Procrastination is like a credit card: it's a lot of fun until you get the bill. — Christopher Parker
  • It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit. — John Wooden

Credits Image Quotes

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery. - Upton Sinclair quote

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery. — Upton Sinclair

Credits quote Make the most of today!
Make the most of today!

Not Taking Credit Quotes

Nothing appeals to children more than justice, and they should be taught in the nursery to "play fair" in games, to respect each other's property and rights, to give credit to others, and not to take too much credit to themselves. — Emily Post

A woman doesn't find it contradictory to complain about not having anything to wear and about not having enough closet space in the same conversation. You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. — Marie Stopes

True leadership is serving God and not looking for the glory that might come from it. You don't do it for the glory or personal benefit but for God's glory. You don't take credit for anything that is done, but praise God for everything that He has done through you. — Vonette Bright

Credits quote There is no limit to what a man can achieve if he doesn't care who gets the credit.
There is no limit to what a man can achieve if he doesn't care who gets the credit.

The sage acts without taking credit. He accomplishes without dwelling on it. He does not want to display his worth. — Lao Tzu

Opium is the only drug to' be rely'd on-all the boasted nostrums only take up time, and as the disease [is] often of short duration, or of small quantity, they have gain'd credit which they do not deserve. — Erasmus Darwin

Marco Rubio has a disaster on his finances. He has a disaster on his credit cards. When you check his credit cards, take a look at what he`s done with the Republican Party when he had access, what he had to put back in, and whether or not something should have happened, you`ll understand it. — Donald Trump

The mortal experience . . . is not like a college course which we can passively audit. Instead, we are taking life's course for credit and there are no summers off - not even semester breaks. — Neal A. Maxwell

We have now learned that rashness and imprudence will not be deterred from taking credit; let us try whether fraud and avarice may be more easily restrained from giving it. — Samuel Johnson

I watch artists say they wrote all these songs and don't mention anybody else who was involved, and that's fine. I don't expect an artist to give me credit. I know that they're gonna take the credit for everything. But, it's my job to give myself that exposure and not make excuses, not grow bitter. — Rico Love

A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong. — Simon Sinek

Taking All The Credit Quotes

Learn to go first. Introduce yourself. Ask them out. Host the event. Voice an idea. Tell people what you want. You’ll face more rejections when things go wrong, but you’ll get all of the credit when things go right. The world rewards those who go first because so few people do. — Mark Manson

We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit. — George S. Patton

I say God is kind. So many people want to do what I do [comedy] for a living, and so he didn't have to choose me. So I don't take all the credit, but I do know that I love what I do, and I see it as a gift. — Niecy Nash

It sounds blase but there is a certain amount of luck. We'd all like to take a certain amount of credit for Kevin Doyle... I can't really remember what it was I particularly liked about Kevin when I watched him in Ireland. I had five pints of Guinness in the afternoon and it was all a bit blurred. — Steve Coppell

Keep away from physicians. It is all probing and guessing and pretending with them. They leave it to Nature to cure in her own time, but they take the credit. As well as very fat fees. — Anthony Burgess

If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it. — Dorothy Parker

I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It's - but it all goes back to 'Mary Tyler Moore,' 'Golden Girls,' all those - actors love to take the credit. We couldn't do it without the writers. — Betty White

The good husbands understand and offer to help. "All you have to do is ask" they say. But even helpful husbands have to be thanked, their contributions acknowledged, credit given. All those pleases and thank yous. Being grateful takes time and energy. It's often easier to do it yourself. — Bettina Arndt

I think at the end of the day she [Rose from "Fences"] is a strong woman in the truest sense of the word. I think all of that is in the narrative; it's already there. The hope is there; the playfulness is there; it's there. I wish I could take credit for it, but it's there. — Viola Davis

The people that are around me that give me ideas that I pass along or we try, the one thing I never do, I never give credit to anybody but myself. So I take all of the ideas. So everybody thinks that all of the ideas are mine. — John Calipari

Giving Credit Quotes

Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

A lot of times when you keep it real with somebody, you can't expect them to keep it real with you. In this industry people just want to be famous and they forget how to keep it real and they forget to give credit to the people who helped them get to where they at. — Gucci Mane

Give credit where credit is due: simply said, if you want loyalty and best effort, you must be thoughtful. — Estee Lauder

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. — Honore de Balzac

Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and, likewise, to give them credit, publicly, for their triumphs. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

A check or credit card, a Gucci bag strap, anything of value will do. Give as you live. — Jesse Jackson

Team members need to feel trusted and valued, and micromanaging communicates the opposite. Founders who are prone to manage every detail of their businesses will ultimately kill themselves as well as lose the support of team members. Learn to delegate key tasks and give credit. — Martin Zwilling

Great things can happen when you don't care who gets the credit. — Mark Twain

America takes credit for giving you freedom that you had anyway. It's like going to a wedding and putting your tag on somebody elses box. — Doug Stanhope

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after. — Joyce Brothers

Taking Responsibility Quotes

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it. — Richard Rohr

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life. - William Blake

Enlightenment means taking full responsibility for your life. — William Blake

There is a source of power in each of us that we don't realize until we take responsibility. — Diane Nash

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. — Les Brown

An electrician isn't an opinion former, but a graphic designer is. My argument is that all graphic designers hold high levels of responsibility in society. We take invisible ideas and make them tangible. That's our job. — Neville Brody

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. — Jim Rohn

Nikah is a contract that transfers responsibilities. Therefore know the man you're thinking of marrying, and be sure that he is able to take care of you, more than your dad did. Islam empowers women with honor and dignity. Don't settle for anything less. — Nouman Ali Khan

The true Mason takes full responsibility for the condition of his character and ever strives for its perfection. — William Howard Taft

Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off. But if you don't have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those who will follow after you. — Amelia Earhart

By its very definition, civic responsibility means taking a healthy role in the life of one's community. That means that classroom lessons should be complemented by work outside the classroom. Service-learning does just that, tying community service to academic learning. — John Glenn

Taking Ownership Quotes

Do your thing. Do it unapologetically. Don't be discouraged by criticism. You probably already know what they're going to say. Pay no mind to the fear of failure. It's far more valuable than success. Take ownership, take chances, and have fun. And no matter what, don't ever stop doing your thing. — Asher Roth

Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership. — Andrea Dworkin

Bitcoin is the most difficult property that the human race possesses or has yet invented to confiscate…I literally have to crack your head open and read your mind to take it…It’s harder to take than every other thing you might own. In fact, it’s exponentially harder. — Michael Saylor

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life. — Jocko Willink

People tend to cherish and take care of the things they pay for and therefore own, countries included. The opposite is also true. When was the last time you changed the oil in a rental car? — Tucker Carlson

Show me an organization in which employees take ownership, and I will show you one that beats its competitors. — Michael Abrashoff

If you blame others for your misfortunes, you won't be rich. Take ownership of yourself. — Changpeng Zhao

World Mobile doesn’t take value from its customers, it gives value to its customers by giving them part-ownership of the network itself. — Micky Watkins

Everything changes for the better when you take ownership of your own problems. — Robert Ringer

I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live? — Karen Duffy

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More Credits Quotes

My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition. — Indira Gandhi

I found myself without money, without credit, without army, without experience and knowledge of my own and finally, also without any counsel because each one of them at first wanted to wait and see how things would develop. — Maria Theresa

When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you. I give them a lot of credit to be able to hang with me this long, because I've gone through a lot of changes, but they've allowed me to grow, and thus we can tackle some serious subjects and try to just be better human beings, all of us. — Prince

Even if we have thousands of acts of great virtue to our credit, our confidence in being heard must be based on God's mercy and His love for men. Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved. — Saint John Chrysostom

It's completely reasonable, even if some Bitcoin currency purists wouldn't like it, to have credit and debit card payments denominated in Bitcoin rather than dollars, and net settled on Bitcoin instead of on Fedwire. — Nick Szabo

Someone stole all my credit cards, but I won't be reporting it. The thief spends less than my wife did — Henny Youngman

Tax credits are designed to help people who work hard but who, through no fault of their own, don't earn enough to keep their families out of poverty. — Nicola Sturgeon

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile. — William Lyon Mackenzie King

What would you have to sacrifice to have what you really want? Your social life? Relationships? Credit cards? Free time? Sleep? Now answer this question: What are you willing to sacrifice? If those two lists don’t match up, you don’t want it badly enough. — Tim Grover

Debt is so ingrained into our culture that most Americans can't even envision a car without a payment ... a house without a mortgage ... a student without a loan ... and credit without a card. We've been sold debt with such repetition and with such fervor that most folks can't conceive of what it would be like to have NO payments. — Dave Ramsey

The FBI, to its credit in a self-serving sort of way, rejects the routine use of the polygraph on its own people. — Aldrich Ames

When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out. — Casey Stengel

If you fellows have been hunted from one end of the country to the other as I have been, you’ll understand what a bad man’s reputation is built on. I’ve had credit for more killings than I ever dreamt of — Doc Holliday

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. — Marie Stopes

I earned my stripes as a Marine, and the Corps gets full credit for straightening me out. At 17, I was young, I was unhappy and most of all, I was undisciplined. The Marine Corps was the right service in the right place at the right time. — Art Buchwald

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. — Marie Carmichael Stopes

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey. — Anna Julia Cooper

I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy. — William Westmoreland

The bank hath benefit of interest on all moneys which it creates out of nothing. — William Paterson

I hate this shallow Americanism which hopes to get rich by credit, to get knowledge by raps on midnight tables, to learn the economy of the mind by phrenology, or skill without study, or mastery without apprenticeship. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the twenty-five years that have passed since the ending of the World War when the people of this country emerged from generations of humiliation under foreign occupation, we have accomplished much to our credit, overcome many difficulties and changed the course of our history. — Tunku Abdul Rahman

Gold is money. Everything else is credit. — J. P. Morgan

The problem with fiat is that simply maintaining the wealth you already own requires significant active management and expert decision-making. You need to develop expertise in portfolio allocation, risk management, stock and bond valuation, real estate markets, credit markets, global macro trends, national and international monetary policy, commodity markets, geopolitics, and many other arcane and highly specialized fields in order to make informed investment decisions that allow you to maintain the wealth you already earned. You effectively need to earn your money twice with fiat, once when you work for it, and once when you invest it to beat inflation. The simple gold coin saved you from all of this before fiat. — Saifedean Ammous

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