Mike Medavoy Quotes

Few men in high places will admit a mistake.

Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.

Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.

It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

It is important to admit your mistakes, and to do so before you are charged with them. Many clients are surrounded by buckpassers who make a fine art of blaming the agency for their own failures. I seize the earliest opportunity to assume the blame.

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

It is a true man's part not to err, but it is also noble of a man to perceive his error.

There’s no institution that you can trust all the time.

By and large, our leaders don’t lie to us.

Our government should not make promises we cannot keep. And we must keep the promises we have already made.

It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devilishly hard

I've been very, very careful to tell people what I am qualified to talk about and what I'm not qualified to talk about.

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.

Transparency increases credibility and accountability.

I'm always going to give my fans a realistic expectation and let them know that if you think I'm never gonna make a mistake again, go find another YouTuber.

I've screwed up a lot, but I've always admitted it.

I'll be the first one to tell you if I made a mistake.

I don't make promises, by and large, that I can't keep.

... 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.

Trustworthiness is the thing that you need the most going to a presidential election. Honest and trustworthy is one of the main questions in any presidential election.

Trust doesn't develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.

If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.

Often the greatest act of courage is admitting that one has made a mistake...Follow your hearts. Protect one another, trust one another, because, at the end of the day, all of these people want something from you, or want you to do something for them, or be something that you are not. Your own responsibility is to one another.