Faults Quotes

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

To maintain a fault known is a double fault.

I'm empathetic to a fault. I really do - embarrassingly enough - tear up when someone squishes a bug in front of me.

Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.

Of course, I love you,' the flower said to him. 'If you were not aware of it, it was my fault.

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little 'personal characteristics.'

Tis a meaner part of sense to find a fault than taste an excellence.

I tolerate my faults but not at all other people's.

None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey'd to see Another's faults, and his deformity.

The practice mirror is to be used for the correction of faults, not for a love affair, and the figure you watch should not become your dearest friend.

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

No wonder lawyers, who control the legal system, have fought so hard, and with great success, against "no fault" insurance. No fault, no lawsuits. No lawsuits, no lunch.

The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

Everybody loves to find fault, it gives a feeling of superiority.

Right now I'm having so much trouble with D.L. Moody that I don't have time to find fault with the other fellow.

There is no end to one's faults. To think of them makes one humble.

Confession of our faults is the next thing to innocence.

Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not.

Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by our enemies than from hearing the opinions of friends.

More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.

Blessed are those who imitate us for they shall inherit our faults.

Under bad manners, as under graver faults, lies very commonly an overestimate of our special individuality, as distinguished from our generic humanity.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

We live in a society that feeds on criticism. It is so easy to find fault, and to resist doing so requires much discipline.

Never love unless you can bear with all the faults of man!

Love overlooks a person’s faults. That’s not always easy, but love believes the best in every person. Anybody can return evil for evil, but God wants His people to help heal wounded hearts.

Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.

If you are looking for Christ in folks you will not be dwelling on their faults.

If a man is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault, for God made all men to be happy.

One of the most common ways of not acknowledging our faults is to blame others.

It was not curiosity that killed the goose who laid the golden egg, but an insatiable greed that devoured common sense.

Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do.

If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on, but I have tried to make a good pair of shoes. There's some value in that.

When good ideas get put to bad use, it is the fault of the user, not the idea.

To me He is all fault who hath no fault at all: For who loves me must have a touch of earth.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.

The lack of closeness among friends is a fault that cannot be reprimanded without becoming incurable.

But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.

Shakespeare never had more than 6 lines together without a fault.

Mistakes remember'd are not faults forgot.

With all their faults, trade-unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed.

I like characters who have faults. I'm drawn to darker people.

The imperfections of a man, his frailties, his faults, are just as important as his virtues.You can't separate them. They're wedded.

We only confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no big ones.

There are some persons who only disgust with their abilities, there are persons who please even with their faults.

A man in public life expects to be sneered at -- it is the fault of his elevated situation, and not of himself.