Mistake Quotes

5262 Mistake quotes by 3176 unique authors

Self-awareness gives you the capacity to learn from your mistakes as well as your successes. It enables you to keep growing. — Lawrence Bossidy
Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress. — Robert Breault
You can't go back again, even if you wanted to. But you can own your own life, mistakes and all. — Ellen Barkin
"If I make deposits into an Emotional Bank Account with you through courtesy, kindness, honesty, and keeping my commitments to you, I build up a… — Stephen Covey
Most people use excuses to cover up mistakes, but it takes less time to do something right the first time. — Robert Cheeke
Everything that happened to me happened by mistake. I don't believe in fate. It's luck, timing and accident. — Merv Griffin
The Tao is the center of the universe, the good man's treasure, the bad man's refuge. Honors can be bought with fine words, respect can… — Laozi
Be careful of selfish motives. You can mistake them for principles and end up dying for them. — Robert Breault
Make your mistakes, next year and forever. — Neil Gaiman
I used to think most Democrats in Congress who voted for [ObamaCare] really believed they were doing something good for the poor and the middle… — Jack Kelly
There is no greater mistake in the world than the looking upon every sort of nonsense as want of sense. — Leigh Hunt
When you are annoyed at someone's mistake, immediately look at yourself and reflect how you also fail; for example, in thinking that good equals money,… — Marcus Aurelius
Living consciously reflects the conviction that sight is preferable to blindness; that respecting the facts of reality is more satisfying than denying them; that evasion… — Nathaniel Branden
Do you know what's one mistake we always make? Believing that life's immutable, that once you get on a particular track you have to follow… — Susanna Tamaro
Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don't try to be perfect; just be an… — Tony Robbins
In mathematics, two angles that are said to coincide fit together perfectly. The word "coincidence" does not describe luck or mistakes. It describes that which… — Wayne Dyer
There are no mistakes and it's never boring on the edge of imagination, which is only pure spirit having a bit of fun. — Wavy Gravy
One of the advantages of moving quickly is if you do something wrong you can change it. What technologies tend to do is they tend… — Marc Andreessen
We are really doing our very best. There are no doubt many mistakes and shortcomings. A lot of things are done none too well. Some… — Winston Churchill
I know something of shame...How can we not all feel it? We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own adventure… — Helen Simonson
If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it. — Woodrow Wilson
A great nation is like a great man:When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.Having realized it, he admits it.Having admitted it, he corrects it.He… — Laozi
If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with… — John Frankenheimer
Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need… — C.S. Lewis
Those who aren't making mistakes probably aren't making anything. — Samuel Smiles

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