Mistake Quotes - Page 19

• I had come in time to learn that it was a mistake to smile a friendly smile when somebody made a fool of me.

  Marcel Proust

  Time, Friendly, Fool

  Marcel Proust (2016). “In Search of Lost Time: Or “Á la Recherche du temps perdu””, p.2157, Jester House Publishing

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• We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes.

  Mickey Rivers

  Ifs

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• Tact is rubbing out another's mistakes, not rubbing them in.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Tact

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• You must not mistake passing local cloud cover, for general darkness.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Clouds, Darkness, Passing

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• By and large, I seem to have made more mistakes than any others of whom I know, but have learned thereby to make ever swifter acknowledgment of the errors and thereafter immediately set about to deal more effectively with the truths disclosed by the acknowledgment of erroneous assumptions.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Truth, Errors, Assumption

  R. Buckminster Fuller (1982). “Critical Path”, p.363, Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller

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• A man and his wife, each in a different small plane, were out enjoying a flight, when the husband committed a flight error. He was able to recover, but his wife who was following him, crashed and was killed. The husband was distraught, blaming himself for the accident. One day when pleading with the Lord for forgiveness, he heard a voice saying "Jesus died, even for dumb mistakes."

  Truman G. Madsen

  Jesus, Husband, Men

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• Parents - and teachers too - are woefully short-sighted when they try to protect the child from his mistakes, when they make the "right answer" more important than the quest for knowledge and good judgment. For what is not learned within one's self cannot be learned from another.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Teacher, Children, Self

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• The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

  Walter Bagehot

  Trying, Belief

  Walter Bagehot (1968). “The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: The historical essays. v. 5-8. Political essays”

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• If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing.

  Bing Crosby

  Song, Fun, Singing

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• When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame on others, or argue that circumstances were against us. But we only progress in life to the extent that we take responsibility for our actions and attitudes, and put forth the initiative necessary to create our own circumstances.

  Stephen Covey

  Attitude, Freedom, Responsibility

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• We all take leave of our senses, from time to time. . . . .

  Bryan A. Garner

  Senses

  Bryan A. Garner (2011). “Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage”, p.425, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. This literally turns a failure into a success.

  Stephen Covey

  Proactive, Turns, Approach

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.107, Mango Media Inc.

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• I am grateful to learn from their mistakes, because I am not injecting s- into my face. I see them and my heart breaks. I think, 'Oh God, if you only know how much older you look.' They are trying to stop the clock and all you can see is an insecure person who won't let themselves just age. I also have a fiancé who will put a gun to my head if I touch my face in any way.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Grateful, Heart, Insecure

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• Let's face it, we're not about to earn our way to wealth. That's a mistake millions of Americans make. We think that if we work harder, smarter, longer, we'll achieve our financial dreams, but our paycheck alone-no matter how big-isn't the answer.

  Tony Robbins

  Inspirational, Dream, Money

  Tony Robbins (2014). “MONEY Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• Falling for him would be like cliff diving. It would be either the most exhilarating thing that ever happened to me or the stupidest mistake I'd ever make.

  Colleen Houck

  Falling In Love, Romance, Cliffs

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• Thus it is thought that justice is equality; and so it is, but not for all persons, only for those that are equal. Inequality also is thought to be just; and so it is, but not for all, only for the unequal. We make bad mistakes if we neglect this for whom when we are deciding what is just. The reason is that we are making judgements about ourselves, and people are generally bad judges where their own interests are involved.

  Aristotle

  Justice, Judging, People

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• It's a mistake to predict the size of markets that are so new. This model has shown no signs of slowing down. So we are going to get as much of it as we possibly can, and when we get close to that we'll figure out other problems.

  Eric Schmidt

  Growth, Size, Problem

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• I think the idea that you can go this alone is - was a huge mistake. And unfortunately, there was a price paid in terms of suffering and pain for people in New Orleans.

  Michael Chertoff

  Pain, Thinking, New Orleans

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• Forgive your enemy, but do not mistake him for a friend.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Forgiving

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• The Gift belongs to whoever chooses to accept it. It is enough to believe and not to be afraid to make a few mistakes.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Believe, Inspiration

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• I made some mistakes, but I wasn’t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do.

  Paulo Coelho

  Coward, Made

  Paulo Coelho (2011). “Aleph”, p.21, HarperCollins UK

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• The biggest mistake of the man is that he thinks he doesn't deserve the good and the bad things from his life.

  Paulo Coelho

  Men, Thinking, He Man

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• I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me. [...] There’s just a lot of stuff that really moves me, and I don’t know how to express it, and I just want to try to do the best I can and surround myself with good people who don’t invalidate me.

  Cat Power

  War, Moving, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When a really new product comes along, it's almost always a mistake to hang a well-known name on it. The reason is obvious. A well-known name got well-known because it stood for something. It occupies a position in the prospect's mind. A really well-known name sits on the top rung of a sharply defined ladder. The new product, if it's going to be successful, is going to require a new name. New ladder, new name. It's as simple as that.

  Al Ries

  Successful, Simple, Names

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• Many people will admit that they made a mistake [putting money in dot-coms or telecoms at their peak] But that doesn’t mean that they’ve changed their mind about anything in particular. It doesn’t mean that they are now able to avoid that mistake.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Mean, People, Mind

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