Nicole Richie Quotes

The public will forgive you almost anything if you're honest about it.

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

I don't like to hide the errors I make. Any time I'm doing a mistake, I'm just saying it.

They hear you own up, and they learn to own up.

I've always had a problem with people who couldn't tell the truth or admit a mistake and say they're wrong.

Every mistake you make allows you to be honest because what's in the dark will come to light, so it's better to be truthful about it.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wriggle and weasel out of one.

I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it.

I grew up learning from a father who said, 'When you make a mistake or you make a bad decision, you man up and take responsibility.'

I make my mistakes in public.

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

My life has been an open book, for better or for worse.

Expressing truth is hard work.

We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation.

I have made mistakes in the past, but when I have, I have always said so.

The best way of dealing with the press, customers, and critics is to come clean when things go wrong and admit when you make a mistake. We are humans, and no one expects us to be perfect.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

My opinions and principles are subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily.

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.’

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

I think, at the end of the day, you do better when you tend toward being transparent, even though there's some risk.

I am man enough to be able to admit my own mistakes. I think that is an important trait to have.

The thing that I've decided is, I don't want to be invisible, but I'd like to be transparent. I want people to see what I'm thinking and see through me.