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Quotes About Mistakes

He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least. As for myself, I cannot even claim that. You see, I trusted. I trusted in his lorship's wisdom. All those years I served him, I trusted I was doing something worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
There is certainly a satisfaction and dignity to be gained in coming to terms with the mistakes one has made in the course of one's life
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
But then I behaved badly towards myself, towards everybody. You mustn't feel singled out. My awfulness was universally distributed.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
In any case, there is surely no great shame in mistakes made in the best of faith. It is surely a thing far more shameful go be unable or unwilling to acknowledge them.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
You see, I trusted. I trusted in his lordship's wisdom. All those years I served him, I trusted I was doing something worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really – one has to ask oneself – what dignity is there in that?
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
És legalább az a kiváltsága megvolt, hogy élete végén elmondhatta: a saját hibáit követte el. (…) Megválasztotta, hogy milyen úton járjon az életben, s kiderült, hogy rosszul választott. Ami viszont engem illet, hát még ezt sem mondhatom el.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
It is important to learn how to fail, to learn how to be wrong in a way that minimizes pain to you and others and maximizes what you can learn from the experience.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
His lordship was a courageous man. He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least. As for myself, I cannot even claim that. You see, I trusted. I trusted in his lordship's wisdom. All those years I served him, I trusted I was doing something worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really – one has to ask oneself – what dignity is there in that?
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really – one has to ask oneself – what dignity is there in that?
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least. As for myself, I cannot even claim that. You see, I trusted. I trusted in his lordship's wisdom. All those years I served him, I trusted I was doing something worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really –one has to ask oneself –what dignity is there in that?
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least. As for myself, I cannot even claim that. You see, I trusted! All those years, I trusted I was doing something worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really -one has to ask- what dignity is there in that?
~ Kazuo Ishiguro
I put you through hell and then I only made it worse, all the mistakes I made trying to get you back.' 'I've forgiven you.' 'Forgive, yes. Understand, yes. Forget, no.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Sometimes doing the right thing was not nearly as easy as one might think. Which was perhaps why people did the wrong things so often.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Figures," Corey muttered. "Survive a forest fire, helicopter crash, and killer eels, only to slip on a rock." "That's what you get for trying to take charge," Hayley said. "No kidding.
~ Kelley Armstrong
All men make mistakes,' said the ancient Greek Sophocles. 'But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only sin is pride.
~ Ken Follett
And when things are simple, fewer mistakes are made. The most expensive part of a building is the mistakes.
~ Ken Follett
cuanto más sencillas son las cosas, menos errores se cometen.
~ Ken Follett
Ninguém está certo o tempo todo, mas, numa guerra, quando um líder se engana, pessoas morrem.
~ Ken Follett
Over the next three or four years you'll do things you'll remember later with deep embarrassment. But when you're old you'll wish you'd done all of them twice.
~ Ken Follett
Communism was a work in progress, with mistakes being made on the road to a fair society. The NKVD with its torture chambers was an aberration, a cancer in the body of Communism. One day it would be surgically removed. But probably not in wartime.
~ Ken Follett
Over the next three or four years you'll do things you'll remember later with deep embarrassment. But when you're old you'll wish you'd done all of them twice.----Ken Follett
~ Ken Follett
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom. 'All men make mistakes,' said the ancient Greek Sophocles. 'But a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only sin is pride.
~ Ken Follett
The most expensive part of a building is the mistakes.
~ Ken Follett
Todos los hombres cometen errores», dijo el filósofo griego Sófocles.
~ Ken Follett