Marion Barry Quotes

I have no problems with a young man being allowed to understand the mistakes he makes, and let's move forward. Let's move forward, and let's not do it again. That is how I look at it.

I have a point to prove. Sometimes you have to repair things, and maybe I have a little bit that I need to repair.

I was a college coach, and I messed up. And I found a way to deal with the consequences and be better.

What I try to do is to look ahead of me and not look back. Whether that's a good thing or bad thing, I'm just focused on trying to get better.

Look, we all make mistakes. That is no problem. But you have to be willing to make up for your mistakes and to help yourself.

Look at the things you've done and ask for forgiveness. After clearing out that wreckage from the past, you can move forward, in a way, to keep your finger on the pulse.

You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.

All of us make mistakes. The key is to acknowledge them, learn, and move on. The real sin is ignoring mistakes, or worse, seeking to hide them.

Sure, I'm ashamed of a lot of the things I did, but at the same time, I wouldn't be the person I am today if I hadn't gone through those experiences.

Regret doesn't remind us that we did badly. It reminds us that we know we can do better.

To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.

I did some mistakes; I accept that - I always accept my mistakes. For sure, we are looking forward to improve, to deliver my best as always.

Obama will learn from his mistakes.

I haven't been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections before it is too late.

An apology might help, but you can change your life without one.

I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

I don't regret things, because I learn from mistakes. If needs be, I always make amends.

Come up with a few examples from the Bible – or from history, or from whatever – that kind of show, you know, how when you've made a mess, you can do the best you can to clean it up, you make it right the best you can, and you keep going.

I only move forwards, never backwards, darling.

It is never too late to correct our mistakes. And if we do not, we risk repeating them.

Sometimes when you look back, you think I wish I would have played this hand differently or that hand differently. But then you have to understand that you can't go back and to focus on the present. Whether or not you're applying the lessons you've learned from mistakes you've made in the past.

Looking inward and understanding where you made mistakes in the past helps you set up for change.

Mistakes happen, and we must choose what to do with them. We can ignore them, or we can learn and evolve into someone better and wiser.

I like to look forward, not back.