43 Quotes About Admitting Mistakes

Throughout life, we make mistakes. Finding a way to own up to your choices is just one way to make amends. Here is a look at some great quotes about admitting mistakes to yourself and others.

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

“A woman has only 2 problems. 1. Nothing to wear. 2. No room for all the clothes.”

“Admitting our mistakes is a sign of maturity and wisdom. We learn more from knowing our mistakes.”

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

“Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

“Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion.”

“Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.”

“I am accused of using hard language. I admit the charge. I have not been able to find a soft word to describe villainy or to identify the perpetrator of it. The man who makes a chattel of his brother – what is he? The man who keeps back the hire of his laborers by fraud – what is he?”

“I am the one writing my story. Sadly I’m writing in pen and can’t erase my mistakes.”

“I fall, I rise, I make mistakes, I live, I learn, I’ve been hurt but I’m alive. I’m human, I’m not perfect but I’m thankful.”

“I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.”

“I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.”

“I owe no explanations for my flaws. I don’t have to justify my mistakes, my past, or my insecurities. I am growing and learning. Let me live.”

“I will be the first to admit I am not perfect and I make mistakes.”

“I’m just human, I have weaknesses, I make mistakes and I experience sadness; But I learn from all these things to make me a better person.”

“I’m a little lavish I must admit. But I’m not really concerned with money. Being rich is not my goal, being wealthy is.”

“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.”

“I’m willing to admit that I may not always be right, but I am never wrong.”

“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

“It is more honorable to admit a mistake than to cover it.”

“It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.”

“I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.”

“Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit that it makes the ride worthwhile.”

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

“No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.”

“Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.”

“Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.”

“People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be – whether they will admit that or not.”

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.”

“That the sea is one of the most beautiful and magnificent sights in Nature, all admit.”

“The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.”

“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.”

“The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.”

“The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.”

“To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you’re wrong, admit it; Whenever you’re right, shut up.”

“Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.”

“We learn from failure, not from success!”

“We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.”

“Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”

“When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.”

One of the best things to do when making a mistake is to rectify any issues that arise as a result.