Mistake Quotes - Page 12

• Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among philosophers.

  David Hume

  Imagination, Philosopher, Flight

  David Hume (2015). “A Treatise of Human Nature”, p.463, David Hume

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• It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Inspiration, Creativity, Technique

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• Whatever task you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except the consciousness of doing your best.

  Bernard Baruch

  Love, Heart, Self

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• You made one mistake. You married me.

  Brendan Behan

  Cynical, Married, Made

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• The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

  Robert E. Lee

  Military, Cynical, Biggest Mistake

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• Moses made mistakes, Abraham made mistakes, David made mistakes, Elijah made mistakes.

  Herbert W. Armstrong

  Scary, Moses, Made

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• A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.

  Confucius

  Leadership, Motivation, Failure

  Confucius, Qian Sima (1938). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Modern Library

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• The disastrous history of our species indicates the futility of all attempts at a diagnosis which do not take into account the possibility that homo sapiens is a victim of one of evolution's countless mistakes.

  Arthur Koestler

  Diagnosis, Evolution, Victim

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• From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

  Publilius Syrus

  Wise, Wisdom, Character

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• Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

  Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

  Teacher, Appreciation, Bridges

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• It is a mistake to look to the Bible to close a discussion; the Bible seeks to open one.

  William Sloane Coffin

  Bible, Biblical, Looks

  William Sloane Coffin (2012). “The Heart Is a Little to the Left: Essays on Public Morality”, p.62, UPNE

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• Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster.

  J. Christopher Herold

  Good Luck, Merit, Disaster

  J. Christopher Herold (2016). “Bonaparte In Egypt [Illustrated Edition]”, p.559, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• The power of mistakes enables us to reframe creative blocks and turn them around...The troublesome parts of our work, the parts that are most baffling and frustrating, are in fact the growing edges. We see these opportunities the instant we drop our preconceptions and our self-importance.

  Stephen Nachmanovitch

  Block, Creativity, Opportunity

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• Anyone who doesn't make mistakes isn't trying hard enough.

  Wess Roberts

  Failure, Trying, Enough

  Wess Roberts (2012). “Victory Secrets of Attila the Hun: 1,500 Years Ago Attila Got the Competitive Edge. Now He Tells You How You Can Get It, Too--His Way”, p.1, Dell

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• Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there's no such thing as an honest cover-up.

  Price Pritchett

  Honesty, Cover Ups, Honest

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• Science advances by trial and error. When mistakes are made, the peer-review publication process usually roots them out. Cuccinelli's version of the scientific process would be "make an error and go to trial." Einstein did not arrive at E=mc2 in his first attempt. If he were working in the state of Virginia under Cuccinelli today, he could be jailed for his initial mistakes and perhaps never achieve that landmark equation.

  Scott Mandia

  Roots, Errors, Virginia

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• A good friend who points out mistakes is to be respected, as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

  Gautama Buddha

  Good Friend, Secret, Treasure

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• People in office have to become models of correct behaviour. What they say and how they act should be beyond criticism. And when they commit the slightest mistake, they should quit their office on moral grounds without waiting to be proved guilty. Moral values must take centre stage in all walks of life.

  D. R. Karthikeyan

  People, Office, Waiting

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• It's not our mistakes that define us. It's the lessons we learn that show our true character.

  Cassia Leo

  Character, Lessons, Shows

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• Entrepreneurs make fast decisions and move forward knowing that at best 70% of their decisions are going to be right. They move the ball forward every day. They are quick to spot their mistakes and correct.

  Mark Suster

  Moving, Knowing, Entrepreneur

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• Being stubborn won't make you fluent. Practicing will! The more mistakes you make, the more you'll learn not to.

  Thanhha Lai

  Stubborn, Being Stubborn, Fluent

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• Art cannot be criticized because every mistake is a new creation

  Mr. Brainwash

  Art, Creation, Creativeness

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• The educated horse is a thinking horse, and it seems that he understands every now and then something happens that he must chalk up as a mistake and be done with it.

  Dennis Murphy

  Horse, Thinking, Done

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• Indecisiveness and procrastination are the chosen ways of life for most people. They follow the course of least resistance, which is to do nothing. This provides a security blanket of never being wrong, never making mistakes, never being disappointed and never failing. But they will also never succeed.

  David Peoples

  Procrastination, People, Way

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• The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.

  Plato

  Health, Two, Soul

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