Mistake Quotes

Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.

It is a category mistake to ask, 'Who made the Unmade?' or 'Who created the Uncreated?' One may as well ask, 'Where is the bachelor's wife?'

If you ever feel distant, never mistake who has drifted away. Prayer will close this gap.

Mistakes don't have to define us. They're how we learn and grow. They show us who and what we don't want to be. It's why they're mistakes.

Cambodia was not a mistake; it was a crime. The world is diminished by the experience.

We are a very colorful family. Everybody knows our mistakes. But I think that people can relate to all of our mistakes and all or good and bad points.

Learning to spot narcissists and deal with their destructive behavior can save you the world of hurt that awaits anyone who mistakes the near enemy for a friend.

Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process.

You may make some mistakes - but that doesn't make you a sinner. You've got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

No one knows anything. You're going to make mistakes and you're going to do things that people think are stupid. You can't sit there and go, "I never want to make a mistake."

The sooner you make your first five thousand mistakes the sooner you will be able to correct them.

Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as long as you live.

We dont make mistakes. We have happy accidents.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

It's not a very big thing to say, 'I made a mistake' on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can't.

I don't want to say my biggest mistake--I don't want to tell the whole world that. Trust me, I've made plenty. But I don't regret them because they've made me the person that I am right now.

Whoever is born in New York is ill-equipped to deal with any other city: all other cities seem, at best, a mistake, and, at worst, a fraud. No other city is so spitefully incoherent.

God come save the youth, Ain't nothin else to do but have faith in you, Dear Lord I live the life of a Thug, hope you understand Forgive me for my mistakes, I gotta play my hand.

Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.

I do think that when you make repeated mistakes, it's usually because you're just not coming to grips with something.

It's hard to not make a mistake at Darlington.

You've always made the mistake of being yourself.

When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake.

Your great mistake is to act the drama as if you were alone.

Life is a learning experience. All you can do is learn from your mistakes, but you can't go back in time.

I believe we're making a mistake if we regard job creation and job safety as mutually exclusive or inherently in conflict; they can and they must go hand-in-hand.

You can't pay attention to your mistakes. I made a mistake today, I made a mistake yesterday. I think it's... very important to ignore the negative.

If you have made a mistake cut your losses as quickly as possible.

Never mistake activity for achievement.

Religion holds a man back from the path, prevents his stepping forward, for various very plain reasons. First, it makes the vital mistake of distinguishing between good and evil.

Many people seem to think that success in one area can compensate for failure in other areas. But can it really?... True effectiveness requires balance.

[T]he only thing the United States government ever did about slavery was to abolish it. Perhaps that was a mistake, but I do not feel inclined to apologize for it.

Nay, if there be any mistakes in the Bible, there may as well be a thousand. If there be one falsehood in that book, it did not come from the God of truth

Instead, to be financially free, we need to learn how to make mistakes and manage risk.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

Sometimes photographers mistake emotion for what makes a great street photograph.

Like Nietzsche, I believe that without music, life would be a mistake. Nothing but silence says it better.

Sometimes your higher self will guide you to make mistakes so you can learn lessons.

There are no mistakes in life - only lessons. Lessons to be learnt and re-learnt until they are no longer lessons.

To keep hope alive one must, in spite of all mistakes, horrors, and crimes, recognize the obvious superiority of the socialist camp.

No mistake or failure is as bad as to stop and not try again.

Do you hear what the music is saying? 'Come follow me and you will find the way. Your mistakes can also lead you to the truth. When you ask, the answer will be given.'

Some people learn by the mistakes of others, but most of us are the others.

To venture into space we must be strong-willed and determined. We must be fully committed to its exploration and discovery; space permits no half measures and is unforgiving of mistakes.

If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

Every time you quit, someone else gets your prize. Every time you make a mistake, you get closer to yours.

I made a terrible mistake last Christmas. My wife made me swear that I wouldn't give her a fancy gift. And I didn't.

How would you like a job where, if you made a mistake, a big red light goes on and 18,000 people boo?

We need modern ideas, but we also need ancient wisdom. If we deny ancient wisdom we are making a big mistake.