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Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before. -- Arthur Guiterman
Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it's safer just to reinforce it. The strategy creates a perverse system of rewards and punishments -- Tina Brown
I hate admitting that my enemies have a point. -- Salman Rushdie
For an adult, eating alone at McDonald's is admitting a kind of defeat. -- Jonathan Carroll
The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it. -- Doug Larson
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it - also realizing it. -- Alan Dershowitz
Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald
Most photographers would feel a certain embarrassment in admitting publicly that they carried within them a sense of wonder, yet without it they would not produce the work they do, whatever their particular field. -- Bill Brandt
I think that lawyers are terrible at admitting that they're wrong. And not just admitting it; also realizing it. Most lawyers are very successful, and they think that because they're making money and people think well of them, they must be doing everything right. -- Alan Dershowitz
Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive. -- Alfredo Kraus
Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never - pleasurable. -- Michael Morpurgo
Admitting one's ignorance is the first step in acquiring knowledge ... -- Socrates
Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before -- Arthur Guiterman
Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before. -- Arthur Guiterman
Admitting your weaknesses does not diminish your strengths: it shows your courage. -- Erin Andrews
Admitting that you do not know something is the first step to learning. -- Terry Goodkind
I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. -- Ira Glass
There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality. -- Thomas Nagel
Few things accelerate the peace process as much as humbly admitting our own wrongdoing and asking forgiveness. -- Lee Strobel
Admitting that Katie had taken too much blood was on par with saying an adult human had pooped their pants or eaten their own boogers! -- Faith Hunter
At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture. -- Martha Beck
There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at its full severity. -- Veronica Roth
Admitting how ill we are, how deep the damage goes, how constantly the abuse cycle is repeated and how horribly we have failed those who most deserve our care and protection. -- Laura Mullen
To live by grace means to acknowledge my whole life story, the light side and the dark. In admitting my shadow side I learn who I am and what God's grace means. -- Brennan Manning
The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying 'And another thing...' twenty minutes after admitting he'd lost the argument. -- Douglas Adams
Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it's safer just to reinforce it. The strategy creates a perverse system of rewards and punishments. -- Tina Brown
Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost. -- Felix Adler
Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is, and the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult. -- Julia Cameron
Rather than admit a mistake, nations have gone to war, families have separated, and good people have sacrificed everything dear to them. Admitting that you were wrong is just another way of saying that you are wiser today than yesterday. -- Don Ward
The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants, who tend to earn enough to buy homes, would accomplish that while paying other dividends to the U.S. economy. -- Alan Greenspan
Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own? -- Robert Walpole
She was a triumph over ugliness, so often more beguiling than real beauty, if only because it contains paradox. In this case, as opposed to the scrupulous method of good taste and scientific grooming, the trick had been worked by exaggerating defects; she'd made them ornamental by admitting them boldly. -- Truman Capote
Why are the cute ones always such sociopaths?Win doesn't seem like so much of a sociopath, I replied without thinking.Oh, really? So, you think he's cute, do you? At least you're admitting it now.I shook my head. Scarlet was incorrigible.Admitting it is the first step, Annie. -- Gabrielle Zevin
I love Twitter. It doesn't keep me from writing and I think it's a really convenient scapegoat when the truth is that the real issue is self-control. I am totally fine admitting i have none. I'm not going to blame Twitter for affecting my writing. And also, Twitter doesn't affect my writing. -- Roxane Gay
Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists-whether through design or stupidity, I do not know-as admitting that the fossil record includes no transitional forms. Transitional forms are generally lacking at the species level, but they are abundant between larger groups. -- Stephen Jay Gould
We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was, and I would advise you not to wait ten years before admitting today was great. If you're hung up on nostalgia, pretend today is yesterday and just go out and have one hell of a time. -- Art Buchwald
When I sing for God, I feel myself in accord with God, and the house of God, Mecca, is right in front of me. And I worship. When I sing for Mohammed, peace be upon him, our prophet, I feel like I am sitting right next to his tomb, Medina, and paying him respect and admitting to myself that I accept his message. -- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
None of us wants to admit that we hate someone... When we deny our hate we detour around the crisis of forgiveness. We suppress our spite, make adjustments, and make believe we are too good to be hateful. But the truth is that we do not dare to risk admitting the hate we feel because we do not dare to risk forgiving the person we hate. -- Lewis B. Smedes
Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake. -- Robert Half
I have always hated bowling, and I don't mind admitting it. -- Hunter S. Thompson
I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong. -- Amber Heard
Aggies have a really interesting way of admitting defeat. We've never been outscored. We just ran out of time. -- Rick Perry
We're often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting mistakes. -- Marianne Williamson
I would advise women not to be shy about admitting they've had Botox - it just shows you want to look your best, and there's nothing wrong with that. -- Trinny Woodall
I'm a stubborn guy that loses his temper, sometimes driving the station wagon in the wrong direction for hours and hours and never admitting that he's gone the wrong way. -- Matt Berninger
Life can be tough sometimes. But I think it just starts with admitting, 'Okay, the world's not perfect, how do we live our lives within that and not be miserable?' -- Amy Lee
I am a professional sportswriter, among other things, and I take the games seriously. It is only one of my many powerful addictions, and I don't mind admitting any of them. -- Hunter S. Thompson
For any of us in this room today, let's start out by admitting we're lucky. We don't live in the world our mothers lived in, our grandmothers lived in, where career choices for women were so limited. -- Sheryl Sandberg
Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult. -- Julia Cameron
If you look at films about becoming a man, coming-of-age movies are made with 12-, 16-, 40-, 50-year-olds... For a guy to feel like he's a 100 percent grown-up is almost like giving up. Like admitting that you're on your way into the grave. -- Kevin Bacon
One of the few things the Air Force did admit to me existed out there presently without admitting that it was Area 51 is this drone called the 'Beast of Kandahar' which does not fire missiles, unlike the Predator and the Reaper, but just conducts surveillance. -- Annie Jacobsen
The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip. -- Hanna Rosin
Modesty means admitting the possibility of error, subsuming the self for the good of the whole, remaining open to surprise and the gifts that only failure can bring. There are many ways to practice it. Try taking up golf. Or making your own bagels. Or raising a teenager. -- Nancy Gibbs
I mean, I haven't been around very long. I can't expect everyone to have seen 'The House Bunny'. Oh God. I am having such waves of internal embarrassment, which now I'm admitting on a tape recorder. This is so one of the things I should keep in my head. -- Emma Stone
To this day, the only argument against Obama that critics can seem to come up with involves admitting he's better than them - though they certainly season it with some racism. You know, he's that lucky black man who actually appeals to the populace. He's that elitist who got himself off food stamps and into Harvard. -- John Ridley
Give up pride for good during the holidays. This is where I've been especially stubborn. As I walk more and more in this path of Christianity, I see that letting my guard down and admitting that I don't want to be alone is far better than dealing with me, myself and I, who always seem to want to keep up appearances. -- Monica Johnson
Humility is, in a sense, admitting how egotistical you are. -- Criss Jami
We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it. -- Rick Warren
Forgiveness is the act of admitting we are like other people. -- Christina Baldwin
The only comfort within chaos is admitting you have no control. -- Amy Lee
We call it "Nature"; only reluctantly admitting ourselves to be "Nature" too. -- Denise Levertov
A spiritually mature person is capable of admitting his mistakes and sins. -- Sunday Adelaja
Everyone doubts themselves. It's just a matter of admitting it or not. -- Henry Cavill
I think admitting youre an addict is the first step towards recovery. -- J. J. Abrams
Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others. -- Walter Lippmann
The first step to getting good is admitting that you aren't (yet). -- Seth Godin
By using formula in filmmaking we are admitting that film is not art. -- Signe Baumane
Thatâ??s the first step to learning: admitting what you donâ??t know. -- Amy Neftzger
To love by admitting our connection to everything is how we stay well. -- Mark Nepo
I think there's a lot of power in admitting that you don't know everything. -- Kit Williamson
We do not compromise our own faith by admitting the honesty of another's doubt. -- Edwin Hubbel Chapin
The first step to dealing with a problem is admitting that you have a problem. -- Jase Robertson
We mourn the future because it's easier than admitting that we're miserable in the present. -- Robyn Schneider
Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn. -- Louise Fitzhugh
I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them. -- Holly Black
The first step in solving a problem is admitting there is a problem to be solved. -- Pete Seeger
Honesty is grounded in humility and indeed in humiliation, and in admitting exactly where we are powerless. -- David Whyte
The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs. -- Taye Diggs
There's nothing wrong with wanting someone to save us - or admitting we can't do it all ourselves. -- Brad Meltzer
we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps -- Charles Darwin
Part of your process of becoming an adult is admitting to yourself that The Doors were a shitty band. -- Moshe Kasher
What is there unreasonable in admitting the intervention of a supernatural power in the most ordinary circumstances of life? -- Jules Verne
She wondered if maybe tragedy was what it took to make your heart capable of admitting a new member. -- Ann Brashares
Seeking means admitting that you do not know. Once you have cleared your slate, truth can imprint itself upon it. -- Jaggi Vasudev
You won't lose anything admitting that you've failed or you are struggling just remember not to dwell on that reality. -- Unarine Ramaru
I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity. -- George Soros
To see men admitting that you are what you believe yourself to be, is one of the triumphs of existence. -- Mary Catherwood
What are you - Secret Service?''If I were, I wouldn't admit it.''And you're not admitting it, I notice. -- Robert Goddard
An ideological certification to make sure that those we are admitting to our country share our values and love our people. -- Donald Trump
Many people are yet to understand that admitting to their mistakes isn't a sign of weakness, but an act of wisdom. -- Edmond Mbiaka
He'd always been willing to confess his faults, for, by admitting them, it was as if he made them no longer exist. -- Truman Capote
A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it. -- Robert Ruark
Yes, I'm shallow, I don't mind admitting it. Perhaps I should admit that there's no end to the depths of my shallowness. -- Franny Billingsley
Honestly admitting what you lost and not trying to rationalize it or push it off is an important step in self-assessment and mindfulness. -- Frederick Lenz
Consistency can be a trap, especially if it leads to being consistently wrong rather than to stopping, admitting your mistake, and changing course. -- Jane Fonda
Do you see any majority, anywhere, in this imperfect and irreligious world, admitting that the minority is precious? That any minority is precious? -- Katharine Fullerton Gerould
The true meaning of Christ's teaching consists in the recognition of love as the supreme law of life, and therefore not admitting any exceptions. -- Leo Tolstoy
You've always had a good grasp on what's right and wrong. You just have a hard time admitting that sometimes you choose the wrong. -- Jessica Sorensen
Usually step one in a recovery is admitting that you have a problem. I think that's an important thing for the Republican Party to do. -- Andrea Tantaros
One thing is for sure: most of the people admitting candidates to universities for technical subjects are pretty dissatisfied with the level of math education. -- Conrad Wolfram
Don't let the sun go down without saying thank you to someone, and without admitting to yourself that absolutely no one gets this far alone. -- Stephen King
It was a damned good thing men couldn't have children. Gregory took no shame in admitting that the human race would have died out generations earlier. -- Julia Quinn
There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are now wiser than we once were. -- Greg McKeown
Seeing and admitting the truth about ourselves, about our role in creating our own problems, and about how we relate to others is vital for healing. -- Caroline Myss
Don't badger people without children into admitting the secret desire for children you're sure they have to you! Don't badger anyone! Leave the badgering to the badgers. -- Mallory Ortberg
The fact is, psychiatric help is not widely available to CIA agents - and as in the military, there is a stigma attached to admitting post-traumatic stress. -- Michael Hastings
My definition of bad-ass is that I'm a force of nature and true spirit. I'm self-admitting that, and it sounds vain to say that, but I am. -- Idris Elba
They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future. -- Jane Austen
We don't like admitting this, but it is a key component of human existence: the fact that life has the potential for things both wondrous and horrific. -- Douglas Kennedy
Maturity, as I conceived it, was recognizing what was bad or peculiar in life, admitting it has to stay that way, and going ahead with the best of things. -- Richard Ford
If you write a novel where war is nothing but hell and no one experiences excitement or cracks a dark joke, then you're not actually admitting the full experience. -- Phil Klay
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. -- Charlie Munger
It was better that we never apologized to each other. Then we'd be admitting that we were wrong and we owed each other something. That's where people got into trouble. -- Jennifer Echols
The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene. -- Madeleine Stowe
I love you, Im Meahri. I'm sorry because you suffered alone. For admitting it so late, I am sorry. You aren't going anywhere now. I am not letting you go anywhere. -- Yoon Sang-hyun
...for thousands of years human history has been a magnificently futile conflict, a wonderfully staged panorama of triumphs and tragedies based on the resolute taboo against admitting that black goes with white. -- Alan Watts
Woman! Come out! I haveâ??" She looked down at the bloodless grass, embarrassed. "I have come to rescue you," she finally said, as if admitting that she were covered in boils. -- Catherynne M. Valente
It is possible to think that the Internet will be a net positive for society while admitting that there are significant downsides - after all, it's not a revolution if nobody loses. -- Clay Shirky
... the approach of admitting our errors, besides being most true to a gospel of grace, is also most effective at expressing who we are. Propaganda turns people off; humbly admitting mistakes disarms. -- Philip Yancey
The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate; second, including the excluded; third, admitting that you are wrong. -- Anthony de Mello

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