George Washington Quotes

It takes guts to realize you screwed up and to then come clean without any excuses.

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

So after a while, if people won't accept your excuses, you stop looking for them.

When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.

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

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.

My biggest pet peeve is when people don't admit what they've done.

I'm not really in the excuse business.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.

Bad excuses are worse than none.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

If I screw up, I'm gonna say, 'You know what? I really screwed up.' That's all you can do. Some people gonna forgive you, some people not gonna forgive you. That's just the way it works.

Making excuses is not my profile or that of Madrid.

You have to admit your mistakes and apologise for them.

Just because I am a celebrity doesn't mean I can't say, 'Sorry.'

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.

If I'm wrong, I'm man enough to say I'm wrong.

Nobody likes to admit that they made a mistake, but if you do, you have to stand up and take responsibility and you have to say that you were wrong.

Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.

I. Hate. Excuses. Excuses are a disease.

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.'

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

I take ownership of every mistake I've ever made.