Mistake Quotes

5262 Mistake quotes by 3176 unique authors

When I was a boy, my grandfather taught me the list of kings: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius the Elder, Servius Tullius.… — Steven Saylor
There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn't make the mistake of trying to get together. — Kin Hubbard
The more problems you have, the more potential you have to help people. One of the most paralyzing mistakes we make is thinking that our… — Mark Batterson
I wonder sometimes if I'm the only one spending my life making the same mistake over and over again or if that's simply human. Do… — Karen Joy Fowler
I've learned that God sometimes allows us to find ourselves in a place where we want something so bad that we can't see past it.… — Bob Goff
Don't make the mistake of thinking you're Facebook's customer, you're not – you're the product, — Bruce Schneier
History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of… — William H. Hastie
I dont listen to my own records a lot. Once in a while - to check out my mistakes. Because you can always see a… — Ben Webster
For me, it's really easy to be kind to others when I remember that none of us came into this world with a manual about… — Jill Bolte Taylor
Live in the present. The past is gone; the future is unknown -- but the present is real, and your opportunities are now. You must… — Maxwell Maltz
It is not good to settle into a set of opinions. It is a mistake to put forth effort and obtain some understanding and then… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance. Never settle for the path of least resistance. Livin' might mean takin' chances but they're… — Lee Ann Womack
Sometimes a good idea comes to you when you are not looking for it. Through an improbable combination of coincidence, naivete and lucky mistakes ... — Kary Mullis
The discipline of programming is most like sorcery. Both use precise language to instruct inanimate objects to do our bidding. Small mistakes in programs or… — Richard E. Pattis
My first program taught me a lot about the errors that I was going to be making in the future, and also about how to… — Donald Knuth
To regard such a positive mental science [psychology] as rising above the sphere of history, and establishing the permanent and unchanging laws of human nature,… — Robin G. Collingwood
I had a slightly inferior endgame that probably should have been drawn, but Kortchnoi kept torturing me with little threats until finally, exhausted and exasperated,… — Pal Benko
The very term ['mental disease'] is nonsensical, a semantic mistake. The two words cannot go together except metaphorically; you can no more have a mental… — E. Fuller Torrey
Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils — Tommy Lasorda
The mistake we make is when we seek to be loved instead of loving. — Charlotte Mary Yonge
O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing… — Hildegard of Bingen
Bravery and adventure! That's the ticket! Don't sit and gather moss. Get up, get out, do what you dream of doing, and if it doesn't… — Garrison Keillor
The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught,… — James C. Collins
Do not mistake a crowd of big wage earners for the leisure class. — Clive Bell
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live… — Gautama Buddha

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