Madeleine Albright Quotes

People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad.

If you do something wrong, it's going to be all over the place. Not only does that go for me, but anyone in here. You just really have to be aware of it.

If you make mistakes, you pay for them.

There's some things you can cover up. And there's some things you can't.

Doctors bury their mistakes, but mine are still on scholarship.

I made my fair share of mistakes.

The questions don't do the damage. Only the answers do.

You can't mess up. If you do, everyone wants to kill you.

People who make mistakes but try their best, other people will support. But people who make mistakes because they're lazy, nobody supports.

It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.

Sins, like chickens, come home to roost.

It was our fault, and our very great fault — and now we must turn it to use. We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

What did the President know and when did he know it?

You get blamed for whatever happens on your watch.

President Nixon's motto was, if two wrongs don't make a right, try three.

We have 40 million reasons for our failure but not one excuse.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

Scandals are only increased by hushing them up.

We all make mistakes. In public life, we make them in public view.

Recognizing past mistakes is a far cry from making reparations for them.

I take full responsibility for the mistakes that led to my suspension for the 2014 season.

Sometimes when something doesn't go the way it should go, everyone blames the concept. Sometimes we screw up the way we implement it.

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.

It is the bungled crime that brings remorse.

It's easy to make mistakes. It's living with the consequences of them that's the hardest.