Owning Up to Mistakes Quotes

ACKNOWLEDGE, v.t. To confess. Acknowledgment of one another's faults is the highest duty imposed by our love of truth.

To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else.

If I have something to apologize, I want to be the first one to step up and make that apology. I don't want anyone to broker it for me. I don't want anyone to take the hit for me. If I have anything to apologize for, I'm only human. I'm prone to making mistakes.

An apology with a defense built in isn't much of an apology

While I fully recognize I had made a mistake in the whole relationship, and I'll call it a human error, I hesitate to call myself a victim because I strongly believe one should take responsibility for their actions.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don't blame others or make excuses for yourself.

It's not exactly fair to make a mistake yourself and then start blaming others for it.

I want you to take a moment here and write down all the problems that are plaguing you at this moment, from big to small. Now ask yourself what you contributed in creating your current situation. Did the professor fail you because you never went to class? Did your boss yell at you because you were on YouTube instead of working?

People are really hesitant about expressing that they don't know something - but what's the big deal? I'm not ashamed about that at all.