Cause Quote by Michael Ende

“All the world's misfortunes stemmed from the countless untruths, both deliberate and unintentional, which people told because of haste or carelessness.”

— Michael Ende

“Overconfidence leads to carelessness, which leads just as surely to disaster.”

— Sally MacKenzie

“For the first time in his life he knew the bitterest sort of misfortune, misfortune beyond remedy, misfortune his own fault.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“He saw nothing but misfortune--human error and misfortune. It brought him the most peace to simply believe that people were imperfect, and life was…

— Kaya McLaren

“To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want…

— Anonymous

“This ordinarily even-tempered man struck furiously at his heart like some fanatic at prayer, and, assailed by remorse not just for this mistake but…

— Philip Roth

“Foolish is the man, and there are many such men, who would rid himself or his fellows of discomfort by setting the world right,…

— George MacDonald

“Errors were doubtless committed on all sides, delusions set on foot which there was not time to dissipate and means, designed for good ends,…

— Martin Van Buren

“misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness. At all events, the two latter are of less frequent…

— Charles William Eliot

“an awful combination of carelessness and determination.”

— Jessie Burton

“Misfortune is liable to make me a damn bad man”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“It takes a man of unusual character to openly confront his own shortcomings. It’s so much more convenient to blame others.”

— Raymond E. Feist