Quotes About Mistake

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I want these words to make things right. But is the wrong that makes the words come to life.

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.

Jos erehtyy tiestä, joutuu naisen luo.

Do I wanna do right, of course but do I really wanna feel Im forced to answer you, hell no. Ive acquired quite a taste for a well-made mistake, I wanna make a mistake.

When I make a mistake it's a beaut!

This could not be a worse time to make a dumb move.

What does it profit us that a great man, even a God, should promulgate moral laws, if the minds of men, steeped in error, will constantly mistake vice for virtue, and virtue for vice?

The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal!

The old monk said, 'The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal!' And

You were a mistake, girl,' she said simply, 'but a mistake honestly meant.

I've crashed my car three times.

Everyone does deserve a second chance, although we don't often get one, and even when we do get a second chance, we're likely to make the same mistake again. The things we learn later rather than sooner tend to result from harsh lessons, but mostly we learn nothing at all.

didn't understand the role of the boss. I had to learn the difference between a mistake, which I can live with, and haphazard conduct. Backing into a pole is a mistake. A crooked label is a sign of carelessness.

Change isn't always good. Sometimes changing things is a terrible mistake.

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake, as by never repeating it.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

Moving cautiously and playing by the rules had proven to be a costly mistake.

They often quoted Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved Sherlock Holmes: "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts." "Myron?

I kicked the man swiftly. Barefooted, I was surprised to see him fall back in real pain. I intended to kick his shin, but aimed too high.

Like a button on a shirt buttoned wrong, every attempt to correct things led to yet another fine --not to say elegant-- mess.

You don't get it, do you? Person A understands Person B because the time is right for that to happen, not because Person B wants to be understood by Person A. (...) it's not a mistake, most people would call that love, if you think you want to understand me.