David Gemmell Quotes

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off; humbly admitting mistakes disarms.

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.

We are honest about our methods and our mistakes. We are not perfect - it isn't possible to be perfect - but we are trying to go in the right direction and in those circumstances, it's best not to mystify what we are trying to do.

Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as I dare, and I dare a little more as I grow older.

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes a lie out of the freedoms.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am.

There are two things people in public life don’t like to say. First is ‘I made a mistake’, and second is ‘I don’t know.’

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake, though all the World sees them to be in downright nonsense.

Transparency is key to reciprocal accountability, which we use to be both free and smart. It is the miracle tool that enables us to question the lies of monsters.

It takes some courage to say you were wrong.

Whether we're talking about leadership, teamwork, or client service, there is no more powerful attribute than the ability to be genuinely honest about one's weaknesses, mistakes, and needs for help.

I learned years ago that the more honest you are about anything you're doing in life, you can grow and learn from your mistakes.

I've never hidden away from mistakes or the good things as well.

I will make it a point to voice my opinions. But if I am at fault, I will also apologise.

I'm even handed. I just point out the stupidity we all do.

I'm not going to sit here and say I know everything about everything. I definitely have work to do. The thing is, I'm willing to admit that.