Randy Pausch Quotes

When you feel you've done something wrong, you should apologise for it.

I will always be the first to admit when I have done something wrong.

I owe a lot of people an apology. I hurt a lot of people. Not just my wife. My friends, my colleagues, the public, kids who looked up to me. There were a lot of people that thought I was a different person and my actions were not according to that.

Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made. Sincere apologies are for those that make them, not for those to whom they are made.

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

More people should apologize, and more people should accept apologies when sincerely made.

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

There are plenty of recommendations on how to get out of trouble ... deny your responsibility.

You have to admit your mistakes and apologise for them.

When someone walks into me, whether it's my fault or not, I say, 'Sorry.'

It's always best to ask for forgiveness if you feel that you made a mistake. And again, asking for forgiveness is not just saying the words 'I'm sorry'; it is also offering what you need to do.

If I have something to apologize, I want to be the first one to step up and make that apology. I don't want anyone to broker it for me. I don't want anyone to take the hit for me. If I have anything to apologize for, I'm only human. I'm prone to making mistakes.

I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

It is important to me that everybody who has been hurt know that the sorrow I feel is genuine. First and most important, my family, my friends, my staff, my cabinet, Monica Lewinsky and her family and the American people. I have asked all for their forgiveness.

I wish I had a nickel for every time I fell and blamed someone else. I'd give a ton of money to the ones I've hurt.

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

I hope I'm an integrous person who cleans up their messes when I've been a jerk.

I believe that when you're wrong, own it and apologize, and so I do and put it on the equivalent of my front page.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

I'm not apologizing to anybody for anything.

Certainly people make mistakes in their life. I'm no different, I've made mistakes. When people mess up, we forgive them. When I mess up, I ask for forgiveness.

There's a way I could have done things differently. I know that. If I offended anyone along the way, I do apologize.

Delusion and denial does not equal an apology.

Look, we all make mistakes. That is no problem. But you have to be willing to make up for your mistakes and to help yourself.

What differentiates leaders is the ability to recover following a mistake. I make mistakes all the time, but I cop to them, apologize, and move on. Contrition is powerful.