Mistake Quotes

5262 Mistake quotes by 3176 unique authors

If you have made a mistake or committed an inaccuracy there is no need to become annoyed and to think that everything is lost. You… — David Bronstein
The number of 'unneccessary' errors that have been committed on move 41 are legion. — Edmar Mednis
My love of dynamic complications often led me to avoid simplicity when perhaps it was the wisest choice. — Garry Kasparov
Haste is never more dangerous than when you feel that victory is in your grasp. — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
To find the best moves great Masters, with years of experience, engage in laborious research, and the moves thus found are blindly repeated by amateurs… — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Avoidance of mistakes is the beginning, as it is the end, of mastery in chess. — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Haste, the great enemy. — Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creavivity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes. — Garry Kasparov
Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by. — Garry Kasparov
When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee. — Israel Albert Horowitz
Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as… — Mikhail Tal
Errors have nothing to do with luck; they are caused by time pressure, discomfort or unfamiliarilty with a position, distractions, feelings of intimidation, nervous tension,… — Pal Benko
Typically, in the last round of open tournaments the level of play is markedly lower, the number of blunders higher. — Pal Benko
My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake. — Peter Leko
In chess, there is only one mistake: over-estimation of your opponent. All else is either bad luck or weakness. — Savielly Tartakower
As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried over each mistake… — Viktor Korchnoi
It is unpleasant for the players, when the organizers arrange for play to take place in the morning. The games from such last rounds, in… — Viktor Korchnoi
Has he some psychological antipathy to realism? I am no psychologist, and cannot say. The fact remains that Euwe commits the most inexplicable mistakes in… — Hans Kmoch
Don't get bitter and twisted and nasty by life. You may have been wronged or cheated on; two wrongs never make a right. Instead learn… — Angela Merkel
Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary. — Frank Herbert
Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not know, Intelligence takes chances… — Frank Herbert
A sadder but wiser man is a thousand times more agreeable to meet than the feller that never makes a mistake. — Kin Hubbard
A life without a dog is a mistake. — Carl Zuckmayer
Cats seldom make mistakes, and they never make the same mistake twice. — Carl Van Vechten
There's bad apples in whatever way you want to group people - doesn't matter if it's religious, political or social. The big mistake is generalizing. — Charles de Lint

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