David Ogilvy Quotes

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

They hear you own up, and they learn to own up.

Few men in high places will admit a mistake.

It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devilishly hard

I don't expect our leaders to be free of mistakes, I expect our leaders to own up to them.

Trust doesn't develop from always doing the right thing. Trust comes from taking responsibility when we do the wrong thing.

Accountability doesn't mean apologizing.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

Be honest about mistakes. Even if you are afraid of what people think.

One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the BPs - blame and projection.

If somebody thinks I have an integrity problem, then the honest thing to do is to tell me what they think it is and let me address it.

If you wanna cross somebody, then do that. Don't act like it wasn't you.

If you give people the opportunity to do the right thing, you'll rarely be disappointed.

Cheating is not the American way. It is small, while we are large. It is cheap, while we are richly endowed. It is destructive, while we are creative. It is doomed to fail, while our gifts and responsibilities call us to achieve. It sabotages trust and weakens the bonds of spirit and humanity, without which we perish.

It's not how you play the game, it's how you place the blame.

From those to whom much is given, much is expected. I have been given much - the love of my family, the faith and trust of the people of New York, and the chance to lead this state. I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me.

In the first rule of politics, you know, Harry Truman, the buck stops here. Take responsibility. What I've learned over the years is that people will give people in politics a lot of rope if they just take responsibility.

One of life's most painful moments comes when we must admit that we didn't do our homework, that we are not prepared.

As this is the first time I have had the floor, it may be well for me now to confess, that I am in the habit of freely imputing errors to my fellow-men.

A lot of times in sport if you try to tell the truth it seems like an excuse.

We shall act with good intentions, but at times we will be wrong. When we are, let us admit it and try to right the situation.

Work hard to achieve integrity in your work and your relationships with the people you work with.

You ask me why I air your dirty laundry, but you do not ask yourself why you soil it to begin with.

We have to be responsible in what we say as leaders.

What Australians expect of leaders is a bit of integrity.