Quotes About Mistakes

AMATEUR, n. A public nuisance who mistakes taste for skill, and confounds his ambition with his ability.

One should learn the lessons of history. The mistakes of the past need only be made once.

It's a crime, when you think about how little time we get, that a man should ever be bored. When you are lying on your death bead, I expect you regret those weeks wasted more than your worst mistakes.

i want... i want a chance to do it all again. To do it... right.' Tears showed in the Old Man's eyes. 'How ever did it go so wrong, Temple? I had so many advantages. So many opportunities. All squandered. All slipped away like sand through a glass. So many disappointments...' 'Most of them you brought on yourself' 'Of course.' Cosca gave a ragged sigh. 'But they're the ones that hurt the worst.

For a man reckoned clever, he got wedged in a lot of stupid corners.

Hay que aprender las lecciones de la historia. Los errores del pasado deben cometerse una sola vez —hizo una breve pausa y luego añadió—. A menos que no haya otro remedio.

He blamed every fucker available excepting, of course, the one who was actually to blame, the one sitting in his saddle and getting colder, hungrier, and more lost with every unpleasant moment. 'Shit!' he roared at nothing.

What do we leave behind but things not done, not said, not finished? Empty clothes, empty rooms, empty spaces in the ones who knew us? Mistakes never made right and hopes rotted down to nothing?

That's the problem with mistakes. You can make'em in an instant. Years upon years spent tiptoeing about like a fool, then you take your eye away for a moment and ... Bang.

Ninefingers was talking of himself, of course, as everyone always does, given the chance. It was guilt in his eyes, not accusation. Each man has his own mistakes to follow him.

You turn to shit, alright. But maybe you can leave something good behind you.' She barked empty laughter at him. 'What do we leave behind but things not done, not said, not finished? Empty clothes, empty rooms, empty spaces in the ones who knew us? Mistakes never made right and hopes rotted down to nothing?

being a parent … there is no plan. It's just a set of mistakes you hardly notice making.

He built the Empire, yet he was also the principal in its destruction. A great man, in so many ways, but great men have great faults... One should learn the lessons of history. The mistakes of the past need only be made once... Unless there are no other choices.

But I suppose regrets at least prevent one from repeating the same mistakes.

The mistakes of old,' intoned Bayaz with the highest pomposity, 'should be made only once. Any worthwhile education, therefore, must be founded on a sound understanding of history.

Perhaps you'll see now you have children of your own … being a parent … there is no plan. It's just a set of mistakes you hardly notice making.

Politicians cover their mistakes with money; cooks cover their mistakes with mayonnaise; doctors cover theirs with dirt.

I hope if there is another world, we will not be judged too harshly for the things we did wrong here—that we will at least be forgiven for the mistakes we made out of love.

Aren't you going to tell me I'm not so bad? she asked. Mmm-no. I was thinking how every man loves a hot girl with a history of making mistakes. Because it's always possible she'll make one with you.

every man loves a hot girl with a history of making mistakes. Because it's always possible she'll make one with you.

I hope if there is another world, we will not be judged too harshly for the things we did wrong here—that we will at least be forgiven for the mistakes we made out of love. I have no doubt it was a sin of some kind, to let such a one go.

I was thinking how every man loves a hot girl with a history of making mistakes. Because it's always possible she'll make one with you.

Social media is teaching us that everyone fucks up, everyone is stupid sometimes, and that this is probably part of being a thinking human. The one exception are those who participate in the self-righteousness Olympics and they often turn people who agree with them against 'em.

I think you must make a few [mistakes]. Of you don't, you're probably thinking too much. That's the worst mistake you can make.