Mistake Quotes

5262 Mistake quotes by 3176 unique authors

If one does not practice nonviolence in one's own personal relations with others and hopes to use it in bigger affairs, one is vastly mistaken. — Mahatma Gandhi
We have had triumphs, we have made mistakes, we have had sex. — George H. W. Bush
Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows. — James Bryce
My God would never deliberately bring harm to anyone. But if it happens, if it simply happens due to wind and rain and weather and… — Marjorie Holmes
An error becomes a mistake when we refuse to admit it. — Marilyn vos Savant
I had come in time to learn that it was a mistake to smile a friendly smile when somebody made a fool of me. — Marcel Proust
Making mistakes is human ... repeating 'em is too. — Malcolm Forbes
Winners aren't perfect. They made fewer mistakes than their rivals. — Morton Blackwell
We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes. — Mickey Rivers
Tact is rubbing out another's mistakes, not rubbing them in. — Marvin J. Ashton
Those of little faith mistake local cloud cover for general darkness. Keeping spiritually intact results in our keeping precious perspective by seeing "things as they… — Neal A. Maxwell
You must not mistake passing local cloud cover, for general darkness. — Neal A. Maxwell
By and large, I seem to have made more mistakes than any others of whom I know, but have learned thereby to make ever swifter… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Who can mistake great thoughts? They seize upon the mind; arrest and search, And shake it; bow the tall soul as by wind; Rush over… — Philip James Bailey
Society is infested by persons who, seeing that the sentiments please, counterfeit the expression of them. These we call sentimentalists - talkers who mistake the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make no mistake; the American Revolution was not fought to obtain freedom, but to preserve the liberties that Americans already had as colonials. Independence was… — Samuel Eliot Morison
In 27 years of reporting from Washington, I've never heard a President admit he made a mistake. — Sam Donaldson
Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious mistakes. And perhaps part of our pessimism comes because we are too close to… — Richard L. Evans
Ah, pray no mistake, We are not shy; We're very wide awake The Moon and I. — W. S. Gilbert
A man and his wife, each in a different small plane, were out enjoying a flight, when the husband committed a flight error. He was… — Truman G. Madsen
Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make the "right answer"… — Sydney J. Harris
I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be. — Walter Bagehot
If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the… — Bing Crosby
I mean, you know, this idea that somebody we disagree with on economic or social policy or something we have to turn into some kind… — William J. Clinton

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