Quotes About Correction

great nation is like a great man: When he makes a mistake, he realizes it. Having realized it, he admits it. Having admitted it, he corrects it. He considers those who point out his faults as his most benevolent teachers.

Any kid what begs for a whippin' can find one.

The man who seeks to educate himself must first read and then travel in order to correct what he has learned.

Although we cannot rid ourselves of misconceptions, we can correct them when we become aware of them.

I recognize that I may be wrong. This makes me insecure. My sense of insecurity keeps me alert, always ready to correct my errors. I do this on two levels. On the abstract level, I have turned the belief in my own fallibility into the cornerstone of an elaborate philosophy.

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride. Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

The letter kills the spirit. The written text is mute in the face of responding challenge. It does not admit of inward growth and correction. Text subverts the absolutely vital role of memory.

It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.

Were the offer made true, I would engage to run again, from beginning to end, the same career of life. All I would ask should be the privilege of an author, to correct, in a second edition, certain errors of the first.

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth.

Those who are fond of setting things to rights have no great objection to setting them wrong.

My object all sublime I shall achieve in time - To let the punishment fit the crime.

He that spareth his rod hateth his son.

A reform is a correction of abuses; a revolution is a transfer of power.

Sve su Drine ovog svijeta krive; nikada se one ne?e mo?i sve ni potpuno ispraviti; nikada ne smijemo prestati da ih ispravljamo.

Doing something wrong meant that I had not pleased the person or people in charge. It also meant that what I thought, what I felt, and what I needed or desired was of little or no consequence. As I grew older, more creative, and increasingly independent, there were many situations when I acted out in unmistakable defiance of the authority figures in my life. In each and every instance when I attempted to assert my thoughts or my voice, I was corrected, punished, or both.

Doing the wrong thing can be corrected. Being wrong, on the other hand, is a fatal flaw. When being who we are—our essence—is deemed wrong, everything we touch becomes contaminated. Our innate wrongness becomes the filter through which we see the world and measure our worth, value, and deservedness.

And don't climb on your golden horse with me, Roarke. Don't you even start. That would be 'high horse,' Lieutenant.

Being wrong is acceptable, but staying wrong is totally unacceptable.

War and peace type products... cannot be added into a national product total until the differences in the valuation due to differences in the institutional mechanisms that determine their respective market prices are corrected for.

I always rewrite each day up to the point where I stopped. When it is all finished, naturally you go over it. You get another chance to correct and rewrite when someone else types it, and you see it clean in type. The last chance is in the proofs. You're grateful for these different chances.

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business.