George Soros Quotes About Mistakes

Quotes about: Mistakes

• Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Failure, Understanding

  George Soros, Byron Wien, Krisztina Koenen (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons

• To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Pride, Shame

  George Soros, Byron Wien, Krisztina Koenen (1995). “Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve”, p.11, John Wiley & Sons

• I'm not better than the next trader, just quicker at admitting my mistakes and moving on to the next opportunity.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Moving, Opportunity

  Biography/Personal quotes, www.imdb.com.

• I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong...I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

  George Soros

  Money, Mistake, Wealth

• We in the United States are very often - since we are a democracy and we have national interests, we've often made the mistake that a democracy has to adopt America's interests, and that is a contradiction because a democracy basically is people deciding what their interests are.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Democracies Have, America

  Source: www.pbs.org

• I don't panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I'm given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Despair, Panic

• My conceptual framework, which basically emphasizes the importance of misconceptions, makes me extremely critical of my own decisions. I know that I am bound to be wrong, and therefore am more likely to correct my own mistakes.

  George Soros

  Mistake, Decision, Framework

• America felt victorious and generous after World War II. They had also learned from the mistakes after World War I when they imposed punishment on Germany. What became of Germany? A Nazi dictatorship which threatened the world. Today's Germany doesn't feel as prosperous and generous as America then. But actually, Germany still is very prosperous.

  George Soros

  War, Mistake, Punishment

  "George Soros on the Euro Crisis". Interview with Der Spiegel, www.georgesoros.com. June 26, 2012.

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