George W. Bush Quotes

I'm not going to make any excuses. I just went out and stunk it up tonight.

Have I ever made a mistake? I am sure. Do I think I can stand on my record? I do.

I ask you to accept one thing. Hand on heart, I did what I thought was right. I may have been wrong. That's your call

The mistakes you made you tend to conveniently forget

The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it.

A lot of the mistakes I made were my fault.

constituted a critical lapse in judgement and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely responsable

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

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subverting the law or of benefiting myself.

I believe that when you're wrong, own it and apologize, and so I do and put it on the equivalent of my front page.

I may have been stupid, but I've done nothing wrong.

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

I think I made a mistake once... yeah... it was only once.

I haven't always made the right decisions.

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 wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.

This entire administration has been a disgrace from the very beginning to everyone who has had any thing to do with bring it to power. I take my full share of the … shame myself. I can atone for what I have done no otherwise than in refusing to be instrumental in continuing it.

As a soldier, I know that the commander is responsible for every man and every thing. The words "I apologize" may sound banal. But I cannot find any other words.

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

I don't blame anyone but myself for the kind of parts I got. To blame external circumstances is absolute folly.

You can't be ashamed of the work you've done. You make a decision, and then you have to live with the consequences.