Desmond Tutu Quotes

Saying 'I'm wrong' is meaningless unless it comes from our heart, not just our lips. That often requires a genuine and profound change within ourselves, because we need to realize it's simply human nature and that everyone makes mistakes.

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

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.

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

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

I've actually apologized to some people I was a real jerk to, because I feel ashamed. I didn't need to be that hungry. There was something going on inside me when I was angry and feeling very threatened and not feeling good about myself.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

Maybe you're not perfect, but you're willing to actually look at yourself and take some kind of accountability. That's a change. It might not mean that you can turn everything around, but I think there's something incredibly hopeful about that.

I am human like everyone else. I am aware that there are people who look up to me. When mistakes are made, they aren't intentional, and I constantly push myself to be a better person.

It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.

I'm sure there are a lot of things I should have done differently. But I don't think I've stepped on anyone along the way. If I have, I didn't mean to.

I’ve learned to recognize my failings and seek opportunities for redemption.

I have trouble admitting I'm wrong.

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.

Each day, we have the opportunity to learn something new, apologize for our mistakes, and become better.

Don’t nurture a sense of guilt; rather, nurture a sense of responsibility married with a sense of humility.

You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.

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

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity.

Whereas I formerly believed it to be my bounden duty to call other persons to order, I now admit that I need calling to order myself.

As long as we are human, we are destined to make mistakes. We all fall prey to flawed beliefs and views. What separates a forward-looking person from an intransigent one, a virtuous person from a malevolent one, however, is whether one can candidly admit to ones mistakes and take bold steps to redress them.

Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.

It should be easy for a man who's strong to say he's sorry or admit when he's wrong.

My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson.

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.