Mistake Quotes - Page 21

• White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made.

  Fannie Lou Hamer

  Moving, White, World

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• If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

  Bill Gates

  Life, Education, Parent

  "The 11 Rules Of Life" by Evelyn Pelczar, www.elitedaily.com. February 13, 2013.

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• I greatly admire GE, their utterly ruthlessly focused management, to get the cost out and get this integration done.’ Okay, we may make a few mistakes along the way but we are not going to waste any time.' They make decisions; they are incredibly disciplined and focused.

  Larry Ellison

  Inspirational, Decision, Cost

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• It's good to learn from your mistakes. It's better to learn from other people's mistakes.

  Warren Buffett

  People, Learn From Your Mistakes

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• George McGovern, for all his mistakes... understands what a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race this country might have been, if we could have kept it out of the hands of greedy little hustlers like Richard Nixon.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Country, Race, Hands

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72”, p.389, Simon and Schuster

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• The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now & with somebody & and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Country, War, Enemy

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• You could never teach other people anything that mattered. The important things they had to learn for themselves, almost always by making mistakes, so that the lessons arrived too late to help. Experience was in that sense useless. It was precisely what could not be passed along in a lesson.

  Kim Stanley Robinson

  People, Important, Too Late

  Kim Stanley Robinson (2009). “Galileo's Dream”, p.651, Spectra

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• We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.

  Hannah More

  Lying, Exercise, Ordinary

  Hannah More (1840). “The Miscellaneous Works of Hannah More”, p.447

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• I am deeply worried because we are seeing an unleashing of violence by 2,000 to 3,000 thugs who come to smash and loot. My objective is to avoid mistakes by the police, so that people can protest in safety.

  Nicolas Sarkozy

  Thug, People, Safety

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• The team that makes the most mistakes usually wins.

  Ward Lambert

  Team, Winning, Growth

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• FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.

  Joe Orton

  Running, Integrity, Men

  Joe Orton (2014). “Orton Complete Plays: Entertaining Mr Sloane; Loot; What the Butler; Ruffian; Erpingham Camp; Funeral Games; Good & ...”, p.255, A&C Black

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• They say much about the Einstein's theory now. According to Einstein the ether does not exist and many people agree with him. But it is a mistake in my opinion. Ether's opponents refer to the experiments of Maykelson - Morli [Michelson-Morley] who made attempts to detect the Earth's movement relative to the fixed-bed ether. These experiments failed, however it didn't mean the ether's non-existence. I always based as fact the existence of mechanical ether in my works and therefore I could achieve positive success.

  Nikola Tesla

  Mean, People, Bed

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• Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves. The premature death of millions is primarily traceable to this cause. Even among those who exercise care, it is a common mistake to avoid imaginary, and ignore the real dangers. And what is true of an individual also applies, more or less, to a people as a whole.

  Nikola Tesla

  Real, Exercise, Passing On

  Nikola Tesla (2014). “My Inventions Nikola Tesla's Autobiography”, p.10, Lulu.com

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• Even a cursory reading of the book of Ecclesiastes shows that culture is a stationary bike that each generation climbs on in hopes of getting somewhere only to die and fall off so that the new young stud can take his turn peddling and, like a fool, make pronouncements about his progress. We would be wise to see postmodernity as simply the new guy on the old bike and not mistake cultural change for kingdom progress.

  Mark Driscoll

  Wise, Book, Fall

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• Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist — someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations.

  Peter Senge

  Expectations, Frustrated, Scratches

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• To think of your creations in terms of better or worse- big mistake. They are your children.

  Jay Sankey

  Children, Thinking, Creation

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• Go out into the world, find work that you love, learn from your mistakes, and work hard to make a difference.

  Maurice R. Greenberg

  Hard Work, Differences, Making A Difference

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• My last Olympics, I had a girlfriend — big mistake. Now I’m single, so London should be really good. I’m excited.

  Ryan Lochte

  Girlfriend, Olympics, London

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• I don't know what else I can say. I have never taken steroids. For people who think I took steroids intentionally, I'm never going to convince them. But I hope the voters judge my career fairly and don't look at one mistake.

  Rafael Palmeiro

  Taken, Thinking, Careers

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• Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes.

  Camille Pissarro

  Making Mistakes, Risk, Deceived

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• My loyalty to my people, to our people, and to Israel comes first and prevents me from saying anything critical of Israel outside Israel… As a Jew I see my role as a melitz yosher, a defender of Israel: I defend even her mistakes… I must identify with whatever Israel does – even with her errors.

  Elie Wiesel

  Loyalty, Errors, Israel

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• I don't think anyone should pick a candidate for any office based solely on gender. That would be, I believe, a mistake.

  Jim Nussle

  Believe, Thinking, Office

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• The five big mistakes in football are the fumble, the interception, the penalty, the badly called play, the blocked punt—and most of these originate with the quarterback. Find a mistake-proof quarterback and you have this game won.

  Woody Hayes

  Football, Games, Play

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• We can stop picking on ourselves for picking on ourselvesWe can cherish ourselves and our lives. We can nuture ourselves and love ourselves. We can accept our wonderful selves, with all our faults, foibles, strong points, weak points, feelings, thoughts, and everything else. It's the best thing we've got going for us. It's who we are, and who we were meant to be. And it's not a mistake. We are the greatest thing that will ever happen to us. Believe it. It makes life much easier.

  Melody Beattie

  Strong, Believe, Self

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• Don't waste a good mistake, learn from it.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Waste, Good Mistake

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Apr 18, 2012

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