Errors Quote by George Washington

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dear…

— George Washington

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear…

— George Washington

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Every relationship must have a starting point so that past errors may remain in the past.”

— Mary Lydon Simonsen

By honestly acknowledging your past errors, but never damning yourself for them, you can learn to use your past for your own future benefit.

— Albert Ellis

Time affords us the ability to blame past errors on others while whole heartedly pronouncing our futures successes.

— Douglas Adams

In history, a great volume is unrolled for our instruction, drawing the materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.

— Edmund Burke

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

— Livy

Paying more heed to the lessons of the past might teach us to be a little more cautious about some of the political decisions…

— Michael Morpurgo

“Learn from the past, log the lessons from the past, but leave the past!”

— Elizabeth George

I have already taken English lessons in the past because my sister has lived in England for several years and her husband is English.

— Edouard Mendy

Learning the lessons of the past allows you to walk boldly in the light without running the risk of stumbling in the darkness. This…

— M. Russell Ballard