Mistake Quotes

5262 Mistake quotes by 3176 unique authors

Take action. You can either be a passive victim of circumstance or you can be the active hero of your own life. Action is the… — Bradley Whitford
What is defeat in life? It is not merely making a mistake; defeat means giving up on yourself in the midst of difficulty. What is… — Daisaku Ikeda
The systems perspective tells us that we must look beyond individual mistakes or bad luck to understand important problems. — Peter Senge
Leaders must be tough enough to fight, tender enough to cry, human enough to make mistakes, humble enough to admit them, strong enough to absorb… — Jesse Jackson
The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms. — Adolf Hitler
The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question. — Peter Drucker
Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature, understand them thoroughly. — Salvador Dali
If I heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times from Ray Hunt. He said 'make the wrong thing difficult and the right thing… — Buck Brannaman
If one wants to be active, one must not be afraid of going wrong, one must not be afraid of making mistakes now and then.… — Vincent Van Gogh
We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are. — Steve Gleason
You have to own your mistakes, otherwise your mistakes own you — Paulo Coelho
Our enemies have made the mistake that America's enemies always make. They saw liberty and thought they saw weakness. And now, they see defeat. — George W. Bush
If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake. — Miguel Cabrera
It doesn't have the ability to think rationally this economic model. It thinks like a drug addict: 'Where can I get my next fix?' It… — Naomi Klein
If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment-as well as the prison. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Are we amateurs and not professionals? We know the lessons of history, we know the mistakes and we either act accordingly or collapse. Salvation lies… — Thomas S. Power
Self-assurance doesn't come from looking perfect and having a great title, but from accepting yourself with all you mistakes and eccentricities. — Cecelie Berry
The choice is between which mistake is easier to correct: underdoing it or overdoing it. — Timothy Geithner
We don't think a sustainable society need be stagnant, boring, uniform, or rigid. It need not be, and probably could not be, centrally controlled or… — Donella Meadows
I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it. — W. Somerset Maugham
Scientists make mistakes. Accordingly, it is the job of the scientist to recognize our weakness, to examine the widest range of opinions, to be ruthlessly… — Carl Sagan
As I apologized to her a flicker of panic raced through me and then faded away. There wasn't enough life left in me to panic.… — Robin Hobb
I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their… — Bernie Siegel
Whatever humans have learned had to be learned as a consequence only of trial and error experience. Humans have learned only through mistakes. — R. Buckminster Fuller
Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of… — Thomas Carlyle

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