Sasha Grey Quotes

If people are looking for someone who has never changed their mind and is unwilling to admit they make mistakes, that's not me.

Some positive persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; But you with pleasure own your errors past, And make each day a critique on the last.

I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried.

I hate being wrong, but I love it when I'm set straight.

I'm going to have setbacks and failures; I'm not going to see change right away all of the time or most of the time. But everybody I've ever respected has failed at one thing or another. I've definitely fallen on my face. But I've also had a comparatively easy life.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

I don't mind being wrong, and I don't mind changing my mind.

Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.

Some are very hostile if mistakes are pointed out. I'm not. If I make a mistake, I make a mistake.

My personal philosophy would be don't whine, don't let opportunities pass you by, be willing to work hard, and remember that you don't know as much as you think you do, ever.

I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am.

It is not easy for me to accept criticism and reassess my way of doing things.

The most important thing is, Do you have the courage to admit that you're wrong? And do you change? The most important thing to me as a CEO is that we keep the courage.

I've learned not to say, 'No, I'd never do that.'

I think that any time you get into an area where it requires humility, and accountability, it's gonna get touchy. And so I understand the reality of when someone says something that requires you to look at yourself and change, it's not easy.

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

You have to fail, man, but you cannot allow failure to stop you from doing what you must do. Failing is just as good as succeeding in a lot of ways. It's how you react to it all. You can react to success the wrong way and be a total failure. Or you can react to losing with your whole heart, learn from it, and be a huge success. In stand-up, I've learned to know when I'm burning it up or when I'm being so-so. That's experience. I learn every single time I'm on a stage.

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

I think the idea that you know who your inner self is on a daily basis, because... you know. What's good for you 25 years ago may not be good for you now. So, to keep in touch with that, I think that's the first ingredient for success. Because if you're a successful human being, everything else is gravy, I think.

If you are not egotistical, you will welcome the opportunity to learn more.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.

Lord, deliver me from the man who never makes a mistake, and also from the man who makes the same mistake twice.

I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday, and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, 'You know, they're right, that's better.' Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

I think that sometimes you can be an example of what to do and what not to do, and I think most of the time I'm an example of what not to do.