Frank Luntz Quotes

When you've made a mistake, you have to admit you've made a mistake, and correct it.

Be honest, Look for areas where you can admit error and say so. Apologize for your mistakes. It will help disarm your opponents and reduce defensiveness.

Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

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 know I'm probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.

When I hear something going wrong, I insist on it being put right.

When you feel you've done something wrong, you should apologise for it.

Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them are the first steps.

The worst thing that can happen to you is if you don't take responsibility for what you did wrong.

You have to admit your mistakes and apologise for them.

I will always be the first to admit when I have done something wrong.

I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers.. I welcome it. This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a wise man once said: "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it." We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors; and we expect you to point them out when we miss them.

If you are terrified of making mistakes, you will be reluctant to acknowledge them when you do make them-and therefore you will not correct them.

... 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.

Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.

Nobody's perfect, but at the same time, I always try to learn from my mistakes.

If you've made a mistake, if you've made a blunder, admit it to yourself, and then go to the people affected by it and admit it to them, and tell them you're sorry. Full-heartedly and openly. The fact of the matter is, that people who do that make an enormous impression. It's the right thing to do. It's the moral thing to do.

No one's perfect. And we've all made our mistakes and you just have to live with them and try to not make them again.

If there is one general law of communication it is that we never communicate as effectively as we think we do.

For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people. I said I would try and make it right with those people, and anybody that gave me an audience, I was there.

Effective communication is a key factor in the success of your product.

When you have to apologize, it is well, I suppose, to get the thing over quickly.

It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.

For a very great many years, I asked this question: ‘To communicate or not to communicate?’ If one got himself in such thorough trouble by communication, then of course one should stop communicating. But this is not the case. If one gets himself into trouble by communicating, he should further communicate. More communication, not less, is the answer.

Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.