Mistake Quotes

5262 Mistake quotes by 3176 unique authors

This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on a scale which… — A. N. Wilson
Never mistake a clear view for a short distance. — Paul Saffo
Above all, children need our unconditional love, whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough. — Barack Obama
I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see… — Patrick Marber
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may… — Bent Larsen
Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make - bombs, for instance, or strawberry shortcake - if you make even… — Daniel Handler
Generally speaking, there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of… — John C. Maxwell
People who don't make mistakes are no bloody good to you at all. — John Harvey-Jones
When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and… — Ken Hensley
To begin impatiently is the worst mistake a writer can make — Antony Beevor
Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to make this understood. — Burton Richter
Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way. — Robert Rodriguez
Courage is a hard thing to figure. You can have courage based on a dumb idea or mistake but you’re not supposed to question adults… — Michael Oher
I left Gorbachev's office thinking that everything about him was outsized: his achievements, his mistakes, and, now, his vanity and bitterness. — David Remnick
There are no mistakes, only lessons. — Cherie Carter-Scott
I studied painting and sculpting at school and became an actress by mistake .... I've had many lovers and still have romances. I am very… — Gina Lollobrigida
Most of the problems of the world stems from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Don’t ever take words at face value. When you step into… — Elif Safak
Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and… — Confucius
Patriotism can flourish only where racism and nationalism are given no quarter. We should never mistake patriotism for nationalism. A patriot is one who loves… — Johannes Rau
The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we never played with… — Eubie Blake
I regard large inherited wealth as a misfortune, which merely serves to dull men's faculties. A man who possesses great wealth should, therefore, allow only… — Alfred Nobel
Some have said that I can accept inadequacies in my players but not in umpires. That completely misses the point. I can't tolerate anyone's mistake. — Earl Weaver
Team speed for Christ's sake. You got bleeping' bleep bleep little fleas on the bleeping' bases getting picked off, trying to steal, getting thrown out,… — Earl Weaver
I hate when counselors and teachers blame everything on low self-esteem in teens. Some of us actually have self-esteem, believe it or not. And when… — Niki Burnham
If we Americans are to learn from our mistakes, from the flailing, ineffective way we, as a nation, conducted the war on terror after the… — David Oliver Relin

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