"When I talk about responsibility, I am really talking about having power. Blame is about giving away one’s power. Responsibility gives us the power to make changes in our lives. If we play the victim role, then we are using our personal power to be helpless. If we decide to accept responsibility, then we don’t waste time blaming somebody or something out there. Some people feel guilty for creating illness, or poverty, or problems. They choose to interpret responsibility as guilt. (Some members of the media like to refer to it as New Age Guilt.) These people feel guilty because they believe that they have failed in some way." 

— Louise L. Hay (The Power Is Within You)

 "It is true if you believe it to be true." 

— Louise L. Hay (You Can Heal Your Heart: Finding Peace After a Breakup, Divorce, or Death)