Michelle Shocked Quotes

I will always be the first to admit when I have done something wrong.

I hope I'm an integrous person who cleans up their messes when I've been a jerk.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

There's a way I could have done things differently. I know that. If I offended anyone along the way, I do apologize.

When someone walks into me, whether it's my fault or not, I say, 'Sorry.'

While I fully recognize I had made a mistake in the whole relationship, and I'll call it a human error, I hesitate to call myself a victim because I strongly believe one should take responsibility for their actions.

You have to own your mistakes, otherwise your mistakes own you

Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

If you've made a mistake, if you've made a blunder, admit it to yourself, and then go to the people affected by it and admit it to them, and tell them you're sorry. Full-heartedly and openly. The fact of the matter is, that people who do that make an enormous impression. It's the right thing to do. It's the moral thing to do.

I know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

I can't say I'm never going to mess up, but if I do, I'll definitely be very sorry.

To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it.

Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry.

If you mess something up, remember who got you there. Don't be pointing fingers, even if finger-pointing is called for. Only one you got to blame is your own self.

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

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.

I will never attempt to even begin to make excuses for what I did in football.

When you feel you've done something wrong, you should apologise for it.

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

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

Certainly people make mistakes in their life. I'm no different, I've made mistakes. When people mess up, we forgive them. When I mess up, I ask for forgiveness.

In 2006, 2 years ago, I made a very serious mistake. A mistake that I am responsible for and no one else. In 2006, I told Elizabeth about the mistake, asked her for her forgiveness, asked God for his forgiveness.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

I have found that when I have attacked people personally, that's been a stupid mistake on my part. And so whoever I have attacked personally I apologize for.

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