Terry Pratchett Quotes

It's not a weakness to admit that you're wrong.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

The reality is that everybody makes mistakes. The issue isn't whether you will make them, it's what you will do about them. It's whether you will choose the path of humility and courage or the path of ego and pride.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors.

Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.

I've gained no wisdom, no insight, no mellowing. I would make all the same mistakes again, today.

I'm very observant and very instinctive. In life, you have to have the vulnerability to accept when you are to blame. And I do have that, and I am open enough to say it.

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

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

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 have trouble admitting I'm wrong.

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.

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

I'm afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can't be corrected and it festers. On the other hand, if we give up just because we made a mistake, even a big mistake, none of us would get far in life.

When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.

I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength.

The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to hide them.

Do I make mistakes? Yeah.

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