Philip Yancey Quotes

Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to build a foundation for trust.

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

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

When people jump on your mistakes, don't hide from them; let people know that you're human, too.

My opening words to anybody I hire are, 'I'm an extremely vulnerable person.'

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 don't like to hide the errors I make. Any time I'm doing a mistake, I'm just saying it.

I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

The man who can own up to his error is greater than he who merely knows how to avoid making it.

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.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it.

I am, by nature, an honest person. I wear my emotions on my sleeve. There is no 'behind closed doors' with me.

I've always told the truth. I think that's been part of the foundation of my career. I don't put myself above people. I don't put myself different than people. And I, for one, know that none of us is immune.

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.

Some people would rather have a lie that makes them smile than a truth that makes them cry. I'm the opposite; I'd rather have people make me cry with the truth than try to make me smile.

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.

I couldn't not be who I am. That bubble eventually bursts down the road. So you just have to be real, and when you goof up, say you goofed up.

People love that you're human and that we're frail and we face the same situations. Honesty tends to communicate with people better than standing up there like you have an 'S' on your chest.

There are two things people in public life don’t like to say. First is ‘I made a mistake’, and second is ‘I don’t know.’

Good leadership is leadership that shows vulnerability.