Francoise Gilot Quotes

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.

The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong.

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.

But an escape less self-depreciating was taken by Lord Westbury, who, it is said, rebuffed a barrister's reliance upon an earlier opinion of his Lordship: "I can only say that I am amazed that a man of my intelligence should have been guilty of giving such an opinion". If there are other ways of gracefully and good-naturedly surrendering former views to a better considered position, I invoke them all.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.

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

Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

A nice person is a 'yes' person, whereas a good person is a person who accepts their responsibility in things and moves forward and tries to constantly evolve and isn't afraid to say no or challenge someone or be honest or truthful.

It's not a weakness to admit that you're wrong.

I'm not going to sit here and say I know everything about everything. I definitely have work to do. The thing is, I'm willing to admit that.

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

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

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors.

Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and gives one a feeling of nobility and exultation to admit one's mistakes.

My mom was never afraid to say, 'I'm sorry. I screwed up.' I feel like that's an important lesson.

If any man can convince me and bring home to me that I do not think or act aright, gladly will I change; for I search after truth, by which man never yet was harmed. But he is harmed who abideth on still in his deception and ignorance.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

And I like asking questions, to keep learning; people with big egos might not want to look unsure.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

People tend to scare you pointing out your shortfalls. If you voluntarily admit your faults, then people won't have anything to point out.