“Own your lapses in judgment. It happens to everyone. Correct the problem and return to being a person of good character.”

— William H. McRaven, The Wisdom of the Bullfrog (2023), p. 11

About William H. McRaven

Retired U.S. Navy admiral and former Navy SEAL, chancellor of the University of Texas System, and author of 'Make Your Bed' (2017).

“If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.”

“If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day.”

“Making your bed will also reinforce the fact that the little things in life matter.”

“Science is not the truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you.”

“Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.”

“There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only.”

“I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.”

“In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.”

“For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.”