personal development on Admitting Mistakes

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

We readily confess our little faults in order to suggest that we have no big ones.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

We know mistakes were made.

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying… that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake.

Mistakes were quite possibly made by the administrations in which I served.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.

Evading self-acknowledgment of our faults enables us to avoid painful moral emotions: guilt and remorse for harming others; shame for betraying your own ideals; self-contempt for not meeting even our ...

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive ner...

When people fail, we are inclined to find fault with them, but if you look more closely, you will find that God had some particular truth for them to learn, which the trouble they are in is to teach t...

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

“My mistakes are my life.” How It Is

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

How To Apologize • express sorrow (I’m sorry) • own guilt (I was wrong) • name specific wrongs (I did X) • name impact (I hurt u) • no IFs (sorry if I) • don’t blameshift/defend (but u) ...

A stumble may prevent a fall.

It is human to err, it is devilish to remain willfully in error.

When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.

Any fool can learn from his mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

"A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."

To err isn’t human after all. To err is, cosmically speaking, an anomaly. That’s why we can’t bear the imperfection in ourselves and in others.

Help me, I pray, to be someone who tells the truth, even when that truth has to do with my mistakes, my sins. Help me see myself and my actions clearly. Give me the courage to admit when I’ve done wro...

“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries. Truth is uniform and narrow; it constantly exists, and does not se...

Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

To be told we are wrong is sometimes an embarrassment, even a humiliation. We want to run and hide our heads in shame. But there are times when finding out we are wrong is sudden and immediate relief,...

Shortly after I got my first driver’s license, I also got my first ticket. I was driving 15 miles over the posted 25 miles per hour speed limit and a motorcycle cop caught me red handed. I was upset a...

We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.