Quotes about Admitting Failure

Jensen Huang

Without intellectual honesty, you can't have a culture that's willing to tolerate failure because people cling too much to an idea that likely will be bad or isn't working and they feel like their reputation is tied up in it. They can't admit failure.

Charlie Munger

I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses' asses. I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.

Daniel W. Drezner

Changing course implies an admission that the previous course was incorrect, and no administration likes to do that.

Politics is peculiar in the sense that most things are seen as black or white. In most other areas of human endeavor, people change, not because the old way was incorrect, but because the new way might be better. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity did not totally invalidate the physics of Issac Newton; it just improved on it in some areas.

Russell Simmons

Mistakes only cost you when you don't acknowledge them.

Mark Cuban

If you can't admit a failure, you're not an entrepreneur. You are not a good business person. There's nothing brilliant about what you are doing.

Max Beerbohm

It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.

David Wells

I'm not going to make any excuses. I just went out and stunk it up tonight.

John Wooden

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it

William J. Bernstein

Human beings are not very good at taking losses or admitting failure.

A good example is the fact that most people commonly talk to friends and acquaintances about the stock market trades they made where they profited. But few people talk about their losses. So the impression for many people is that most people win.

Shania Twain

It's very hard to be honest with yourself when something's just not working.

Peggy Noonan

When everyone in America knows you're in a dreadful position, admit you're in a dreadful position. Don't lie about it and make them roll their eyes, tell the truth and make them blink.

Judy Smith

Most of the time, you think the problem is not as big as it is - because it says something negative about you or your company or your leadership. Face the reality: The facts are not as you want them to be.

Chris Martin

It's difficult when you're successful, to admit that you need help.

Philip Yancey

We in the church have humility and contrition to offer the world, not a formula for success. Almost alone in our success-oriented society, we admit that we have failed, are failing, and always will fail.

Mark Batterson

Leaders need the courage to acknowledge when something isn't working.

Tom Clancy

A politician would rather face bayonets than admit that he had a bad idea.

Daniel Dennett

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself.

Christian Louboutin

I am very bad at drawing. Seriously. I can draw shoes. That's about it.

Alain Bouchard

I discovered early in my career as an entrepreneur that I'm not good at many things, and I said 'I need help.'

Max Lucado

To accept grace is to admit failure, a step we are hesitant to take. We opt to impress God with how good we are rather than confessing how great he is.

Brian Celio

True friends: only a few have 'em, but only a few will admit that they don't.

John C. Maxwell

I can afford to take a risk in my life. Only the insecure cannot afford to risk failure. The secure can be honest about themselves. They can admit failure. They are able to seek help and try again. They can change

Mickey Mantle

Hey Mantle, you win. You're the worst.

Admitting Failure Quotes