Mistake Quotes

5262 Mistake quotes by 3176 unique authors

The good news, to relieve all this gloom, is that a democracy is inherently self-correcting. Here, the people are sovereign. Inept political leaders can be… — Theodore C. Sorensen
To maintain the ability to admit and grow from our mistakes rather than let them defeat us represents best the inner strength of a people. — Haki R. Madhubuti
I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice. — W. Somerset Maugham
It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile. — Garry Marshall
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when… — Alfred Adler
I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good, make you who… — Luis Miguel
Fall down seven times, stand up eight. - Chinese proverbWithout music, life would be a mistake. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made. — Ellen Goodman
When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown. — Hugh Prather
By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and… — Jack Canfield
The mistakes of the Iraq war are not only tactical and strategic, but historical. It is essentially a war of colonialism, attempted in the post-colonial… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not… — Jack Canfield
I have to say I've made many mistakes, and been humbled many, many times. But you know what? It's never too late to learn. — Kathy Ireland
I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our… — John F. Kennedy
I don't fear jail because I know I'm not guilty. I know I did nothing wrong. I did nothing criminal and I also believe my… — Kenneth Lay
Forgetting your mistakes is a terrible error if you are trying to improve your cognition. — Charlie Munger
Sometimes things work out on the golf course and sometimes they don't. Life will go on. You try to understand what happens, but maybe today… — Greg Norman
It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich… — Ron Paul
The mistake made by all previous systems of ethics has been the failure to recognize that life as such is the mysterious value with which… — Albert Schweitzer
One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors. To dwell long upon them is to add to the offense. — Henry David Thoreau
If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake. — Eli Siegel
Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every soil. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one. — Samuel Johnson
The only time you truly make a mistake is when you commit a "mis-take," that is, you "miss-taking" the opportunity to learn a valuable lesson… — Dean Frazer
The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the… — Johann Kaspar Lavater

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