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Quotes About Mistake

His dark-green eyes made me think of Merrick's, and for one moment I felt such a desire for her, such a horror of what I'd done, that I couldn't speak.
~ Anne Rice
The Koran offers us two choices, revenge and forgiveness," he said. "But the Koran says that forgiveness is better, so we will forgive. We understand that it was a mistake, so we will forgive. The Americans are building schools and roads, and because of this, we will forgive.
~ Sebastian Junger
Or, more accurately, spend all day trying to avoid making a mistake? These are very different things. Defect-free is what people are often in search of. Meeting spec. Blameless.
~ Seth Godin
It's fine to experience regret when we abandon a sunk cost. It's a mistake to stick with one simply because we can't bear the regret.
~ Seth Godin
el coste de equivocarse es inferior al coste de no hacer nada.
~ Seth Godin
orr we find a typo in a book.
~ Seth Godin
when a man fell into a deep hole, it was usually a good idea to stop digging.
~ Sharon Kay Penman
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly
~ Sharon Kay Penman
A man just realizing the fatal extent of his own folly was not likely to be all that rational.
~ Sharon Kay Penman
An error. Another error. Yet, in his experience, refusal to acknowledge an error did not reset circumstance to an error-free state.
~ Sharon Lee
Great discoveries, Ganapathi, are often the result of making the wrong mistake at the right time. Ask Columbus.
~ Shashi Tharoor
he said. "It's not your fault." "I shouldn't have played you. I should have canceled the whole game. It's my fault." "I wanted to play. I wanted to win." "It's just a game," he said. "It's not worth all this.
~ Sherman Alexie
And I'm to blame for that. I made that mess. Because I am the Amateur of Forgiveness.
~ Sherman Alexie
That's how it was." "How do you kill somebody accidentally?"
~ Sherman Alexie
I don't intimidate you at all, do I? (Acheron) Well, when you chased me through Kyrian's house, I did wet my pants a bit. Guess I'm not housebroken after all. My mom will be so disappointed after all she went through to potty train me. But once you let me live…your big mistake…now I know you think I'm too cute and fluffy to kill. (Nick)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
For the record, kid, Summoning a demon to kidnap her, not the best way to meet a woman. It usually backfires on you.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
There are some things that sorry can't fix. - Acheron Parthenopaeus
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I apologize for Pam. I accidentally hit her in the head with a baseball when we were in fifth grade and knocked her out cold. She's never been right since. (Tory)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
Thinking of someone else is what got me damned. It's a mistake I don't want to repeat. (Xypher) You know sometimes it's by repeating our mistakes that we realize what went wrong the first time. Knowing that, we're able to fix the mistake and move past it. (Acheron)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I still don't see why we were fighting when you could have just kicked their asses without us. (Fury) Because I believe in giving everyone a fighting chance…until they piss me off. Bringing in reinforcements was Stryker's mistake. (Acheron) And be glad it wasn't yours. I know I'm thrilled it wasn't mine. Acheron. When it absolutely, positively must be destroyed overnight. (Fury)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
I would have, had someone not detonated their charges prematurely. (Nykyrian) Yeah, Cruel. You have to watch that premature detonation problem of yours. (Hauk)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
That wasn't love; that was stupidity.
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You're the one who unleashed him. (Savitar) Yeah, well, let's move on from the blame game. I was having suicidal thoughts and it seemed like a good idea at the time. In retrospect, not so much. (Stryker)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon
You see, you're doing it again. Telling me nothing. (Tory) You know, trust is always a good idea…for someone else. Every time I've ever made the mistake of trusting someone…it was a mistake that I regretted and paid for dearly. I'm really happy that no one has ever hurt you badly. I haven't been so lucky, okay? (Acheron)
~ Sherrilyn Kenyon