mistake quotes

“The worst mistake you can make is walking away from the person who actually stood there and waited for you.”

“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”

— Winston Churchill

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

— Douglas Adams

“Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.”

— John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

— Steve Jobs

“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”

— Les Brown

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“If someone can enjoy marching to music in rank and file, I can feel only contempt for him; he has received his large brain by mistake, a spinal cord would have been enough.”

— Albert Einstein

“
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
”

— Robert Anson Heinlein

“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. ”

— Salvador Dali

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”

— Bruce Lee

“The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.”

— Paulo Coelho

“We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.”

— Norman Vincent Peale

“America is a mistake, a giant mistake.”

— Sigmund Freud

“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.”

— Dale Carnegie

“There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. ”

— Phyllis Diller

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“Trying to convince myself I’ve found one. Making the mistake I never learned from.”

— Drake

“I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically. ”

— Eminem

“An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. ”

— Niels Bohr

mistake quotes

“The worst mistake you can make is walking away from the person who actually stood there and waited for you.”

“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.”

“I was born to make mistakes, not to fake perfection.”

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field. ”

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”

“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.”

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

“Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.”

“Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”

“Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.”

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

“If someone can enjoy marching to music in rank and file, I can feel only contempt for him; he has received his large brain by mistake, a spinal cord would have been enough.”

“
Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.
”

“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them. ”

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.”

“The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.”

“We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.”

“America is a mistake, a giant mistake.”

“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.”

“There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.”

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”

“A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once. ”

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.”

“The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.”

“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”

“Trying to convince myself I’ve found one. Making the mistake I never learned from.”

“I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically. ”

“An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field. ”