We should not lay all past mistakes on Chairman Mao. So we must be very objective in assessing him. His contributions were primary, his mistakes secondary. In China, we will inherit the many good things in Chairman Mao's thinking while at the same time explaining clearly the mistakes he made.
I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses' asses. I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.
Listen, I've been wrong before, and I'll be wrong again.
I think it's the sign of a leader to step up and say, you know, when something's not working to have the guts to reverse it. And the worst thing you can do is to let that mistake linger.
A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.
When we own up our mistakes some people interpret it as if we are wrong. They too commit mistakes.
First non-Congress Party governor of an Indian State (Communist)
If there is an error of human judgment, I am the human.
Consistency can be a trap, especially if it leads to being consistently wrong rather than to stopping, admitting your mistake, and changing course.
Like any organizer worth their salt, I'm open to critique, but I won't be bullied or treated badly. I'm an imperfect human, and as such, I have a proclivity to make mistakes. And while I make mistakes, I am not my mistakes.
If we want the best judgment of our intelligence personnel, we have to accept the fact that they will be wrong sometimes.
Living consciously reflects the conviction that sight is preferable to blindness; that respecting the facts of reality is more satisfying than denying them; that evasion does not make the unreal real or the real unreal; that it is better to correct your mistakes that to pretend they do not exist; and that the more conscious you are of facts bearing on your life and goals, the more wisely and effectively you can act.
There have been a lot of mistakes made in this campaign. I know because I've made most of them.
Canada's first female Prime Minister
I personally believe a crucial ingredient in rehabilitation is to admit that you completely screwed up.
The most dangerous error is failure to recognize our own tendency to error.
Nobody seems to think it's a good idea to mention mistakes, but I think it's important to acknowledge the mistakes you've made in life, because it's really through those that you learn things. I've made hundreds.
We never like to admit to ourselves that we have made a mistake. Organizational structures tend to accentuate this source of failure of information.
My second, third and fourth novels were mistakes, essentially.
I'm not an addict and I do not do drugs. I made mistakes in the past and all I can do is apologize, but it is what it is and I can't change the past. And I can apologize to my family and my friends and my colleagues and the people.
While all Republicans acknowledge that there were mistakes made during the Bush Administration, again the continuous pointing a finger at President Bush has gotten tiresome.
You have to admit your mistakes and apologise for them.
I love playing a role where I think I'm right and then you learn you're not. And it's what you do with that information.
Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and put them right as soon as possible and put those behind them into account, bring them to account.
It is human to err; and the only final and deadly error, among all our errors, is denying that we have ever erred.
I'm not a person that thinks back in the first place. I think forward. And it's always been less that people didn't get the character, but more people being mad that the movie fell short. Or people would say they are glad the movie went in the toilet. And I totally agree with them. I think there are some movies I made that it was a good thing they went into the toilet, because they weren't good enough. The director f - -ed up, or the production was too small, or I screwed up, whatever the reasons are.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I've written some really bad songs and I've had some bad performances.