Deng Xiaoping Quotes

A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.

I've got a life, you know, take me in the totality of my actions and I'll tell you, I will stand with my record.

I've done enough wrong on my own, I don't want to get blamed for something I didn't do.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them.

You say in life, mistakes are many. How come you never admit to any?

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world: if the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public.

Be your own worst critic. When things go wrong it's tempting to shift the blame. Don't. Accept responsibility. People will appreciate it, and you will find out what you're capable of.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

Yes I make mistakes that I don't ever make excuses for

I call myself out on my mistakes, but in telling the truth, sometimes it stings a little.

I am only trying to call attention to a fact; the fact that this year, of this month, or, more likely, this very day, we have failed to practice ourselves the kind of behaviour we expect from other people.

I make small mistakes every day. But major mistakes? It doesn't seem so. I've examined my service to the Tibetan people and to humanity, and I've done as much as I can in my life.

First, recognize the mistake. The main thing is taking responsibility and being authentic.

I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

Of course I have regrets; I'm not stupid.

Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less.

When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.

We can't go out and tell ourselves we've done good if we haven't.

Whenever you do a thing, tho' it can never be known but to yourself, ask yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly.

I have a very clear conscience.

My conscience is clean.

I know what I think of myself and the standard I hold myself to.

The only person who takes the full responsibility why I leave Man United is myself. I am the one to make the choice.