George W. Bush Quotes

I make mistakes; I'll be the second to admit it.

I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.

Me personally, I know I've made mistakes.

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

Only the mistakes were mine.

If you're allowed to make your mistakes, I think you should. But people don't really like hearing you admit them. Although I'd never wanted to dump on the musicians that were involved in that... Because it was not their fault.

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

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I have never made one.

Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.

I have made mistakes.

I blame myself more so because I hung a curve. If you want to point a finger, point it at me.

Few men in high places will admit a mistake.

I said what I said, but I shouldn’t have said it.

When you make a mistake—a big mistake, you’re going to have to apologize—a lot!

It’s very difficult to come to grips with how we screwed this up, but we screwed this up.

A lot of the mistakes I made were my fault.

I don't believe in luck. Everything is our doing or undoing. If something doesn't come out right, then as a director, you have to take full responsibility. You can't just say, 'No, I gave this job to the music supervisor. They promised me they would do it, and they didn't do it.' You can't blame anyone else.

The fault always lies in the candidate or the head coach or the guy holding the ball.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

What we should have done a long time ago was stand up - players, ownership, everybody - and said: 'We made a mistake.'

You are not a failure until you start blaming others for your mistakes

There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness.

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.

Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.