Matteo Renzi Quotes

... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off; humbly admitting mistakes disarms.

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

Even a president makes mistakes.

Often the greatest act of courage is admitting that one has made a mistake...Follow your hearts. Protect one another, trust one another, because, at the end of the day, all of these people want something from you, or want you to do something for them, or be something that you are not. Your own responsibility is to one another.

If there is an error of human judgment, I am the human.

I'm aware of the decisions I make and the responsibility I have as a role model. I wouldn't disregard that. It's a privilege. That's not to say people don't make mistakes - we're all human. No one's perfect. I'm just going to be myself.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake, though all the World sees them to be in downright nonsense.

Netanyahu needs to stand before the Israeli public and say, 'I failed.'

I think people on Twitter know that I'm real and I speak from the heart most of the time, and sometimes I'm going to make a mistake.

I'm a human being and I will make mistakes from time to time but what I will say is that any mistakes I make are very honest ones.

There's a lot of 'oops' from us in life as people. I always say that God never says 'oops.' That's just kind of how I've always lived my life, but we're so imperfect that there's a lot of times that we say, 'Oops, my bad.'

If people are looking for someone who has never changed their mind and is unwilling to admit they make mistakes, that's not me.

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.

We all make mistakes. It's human. Just learn from them. Repeating them and being aware of it is the dangerous bit.

It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it.

Sometimes you make your mistakes with your eyes wide open.

If I have something to apologize, I want to be the first one to step up and make that apology. I don't want anyone to broker it for me. I don't want anyone to take the hit for me. If I have anything to apologize for, I'm only human. I'm prone to making mistakes.

People say 'Poor guy.' That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. 'Poor guy,' like I'm some victim. There's nothing poor about me.

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

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.

I made a mistake. That happens. It proves I'm human, which you know, for some people, is a revelation.

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.