Quotes About Mistakes

the only difference between a wise man and a fool was in the magnitude of his mistakes. To err was human, and the smarter and more powerful you were, the greater the scope of your screwup.

landing a helicopter aboard a ship reminded him of two porcupines making love. It wasn't lack of willingness; it was just that you couldn't afford any mistakes.     They

No man controlled his fate, a knowledge that came late in life. You just tried to muddle along from one point to another, making as few mistakes as possible.

I'm just saying people don't always make the right choices in life. That doesn't mean they have to be stuck with them.

Here's why at the Jesus beds they can only talk about all the stupid shit they've done—because that's all they are now, all they're ever gonna be, a twitching bunch of memories and mistakes. Regrets. Jesus, Bit thinks. I should've had the decency to go when Julie did.

the folly of men makes me seriously angry.

The sermon passed into the general confession, and Phryne admitted with perfect frankness that she had done those things which she ought not to have done and left undone those things which she ought to have done.

In order to be a tech leader, visionary and strategist you can't fear being wrong - it is going to happen sooner or later!

Your home needs to be a place where your kids can fail—and learn from their failure. Surround them with love, show them how important they are to you, but don't try to undo their failures. It's not our job as parents to get our kids off the hook.

By their very nature, firstborns hate to make mistakes. They are careful and calculating and sticklers for rules and regulations.

The past is now the past—done, finished, a part of my life which has been put away as one does a completed novel. Today, I can once again breathe the cool, refreshing air of springtime. Today, I can reflect on my life and accept myself as one who has made mistakes and rectified them. Today, I have found peace of mind. Today, the grave is open and my soul and I are reunited. Tom Saal, November 2010

Who would judge you?" she asked. "Who do you know who's done a good job? Name one parent that you think made it through without fucking their kid up in some specific way.

Who would judge you? Who do you know who's done a good job? Name one parent that you think made it through without fucking their kid up in some specific way.

Like God Gumbo is hard to get right & I don't bother asking for it outside my mother's house. Like life, there's no one way to do it, & a hundred ways, from here to Sunday, to get it dead wrong.

The world forgives a drunkard.

The mistakes don't matter. It's what you do when you mess up that does.

When we let accidents teach us things that help us make better decisions down the road, then somethin' good comes out o' the mistake.

One of the commonest mistakes is thinking your worries are over when your children get married.

We should face reality and our past mistakes in an honest, adult way. Boasting of glory does not make glory, and singing in the dark does not dispel fear.

I should be mortified, I know. But Alys is a good friend to me, and though she has her faults, she has a good and generous heart.(Emily) And is that all that matters to you? (Draven) Aye. People will always make mistakes, but in the end 'tis their heart that matters most. (Emily)

I've made mistakes, been broken by evil, and wished fervently for my life to be taken from me. The past will never change. But my imperfect past brought me here, and it's a remarkable place to be. All I've suffered, all you have suffered, Kathryn, has not made us weak. It has made us wise.

They will also agree with Winston Churchill, who once observed that the US has an innate capability to learn from its mistakes when he remarked that the US always did the right thing when all the alternatives have been exhausted.

History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.

He adored me in spite of my blunders. He never made me feel like the rules were more important than our relationship. He often corrected me, but he refused to punish me.