A Quote by Don Ward
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.
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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.
No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday
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.
A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.
To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is simply to let the world know that you are wiser today than you were then.
To realize that you were mistaken, is just the acknowledgement , that you are wiser today than you were yesterday.
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.
Consistency can be a trap, especially if it leads to being consistently wrong rather than to stopping, admitting your mistake, and changing course.
A man who says, 'I was wrong,' really in effect says, 'I am a little wiser today than I was yesterday.
I have always been skeptical of medical orthodoxies, because sooner, rather than later, so many of them are turned on their heads. Or, put another way, providing you are prepared to wait it out, what was adjudged bad for you yesterday is likely to prove beneficial today.
Yesterday is always better than today and the fear of tomorrow. I don't think there's anything absolutely wrong with that, it's just the way we are. So when people are presented with something new, there is a very visceral reaction.
Realistic expectations for life are that we are going to be better today than we were yesterday, be better tomorrow than we were today. That's a plan for success. So [the key is] simple: just work.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.
To acknowledge you were wrong yesterday is to acknowledge you are wiser today.
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