Denis Waitley Quotes

It is a true man's part not to err, but it is also noble of a man to perceive his error.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

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

Sportsmen just do what they do. I'm not trying to be a role model. If there's any inspiration people can take from me, take as much as you can - from my good and my bad.

I behaved worse than anybody for 15 years, and you have to pay the price for that. I used to blame other people, then therapy made me realise I had to change.

Have I said dumb things? Absolutely, who hasn't? But I have never backed away from being called out on something I did or said wrong.

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.

I believe sometimes I make some mistakes. And I don't think they are life-threatening mistakes.

I take ownership of every mistake I've ever made.

I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I have never made one.

There's man all over for you, blaming on his boots the fault of his feet.

I wanted to cause trouble, but I know now it stays with you.

I've made mistakes and made them bigger because of the way I have reacted to them.

I feel that if I absolve myself and say it was the Astros' fault I was bad in Game 7, in the World Series, I can't develop as a person.

The ability to say 'I was wrong' or to own up to your mistakes is very powerful. I teach my children that admitting fault is the quickest way to stop the problem, move on and get on with whatever it is you should be doing.

I'm a grown man. You know, I've been in a lot of scrapes, but I never felt like I got so - there are probably a lot of things I should have done that I didn't do.

You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

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.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

I take complete and sole responsibility for my present situation.

When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

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.

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