I Made A Mistake Quotes - Page 2

• Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Freedom, Mistake, Struggle

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• Do not fear mistakes. There are none.

  Miles Davis

  Life, Music, Beautiful

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• In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

  Bill Vaughan

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• The better a man is the more mistakes will he make – for the more new things he will try.

  Peter Drucker

  Mistake, Failure, Men

  "The Practice of Management".

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• I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

  John Peel

  Clever, Mistake, Stupid

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

  Peter McWilliams

  Mistake, Gymnastics, Needs

  Peter McWilliams (1997). “Life 101: Everything We Wish We Had Learned about Life in School--but Didn't”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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• Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

  Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

  Teacher, Appreciation, Mistake

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• It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

  Garry Marshall

  Mistake, Helpful, Worthwhile

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• The only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Regret, Mistake, Common Sense

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 3 (1891)

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• Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.

  Stephen Covey

  Mistake, People, Weakness

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow.

  Mary Tyler Moore

  Positive, Courage, Mistake

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• I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

  Frank Capra

  Motivational, Mistake, Drama

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• It's not a very big thing to say, 'I made a mistake' on the war, and typical of Hillary Clinton that she can't.

  David Geffen

  War, Mistake, Typical

  Interview with Maureen Dowd, The New York Times, February 21, 2007.

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• He was bested by a better fighter, ...I didn't feel like he was intimidated. If I made a mistake he would have punished me.

  Antonio Tarver

  Mistake, Fighter, Intimidation

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• The plays I remember are the plays I made a mistake.

  Jim Otto

  Mistake, Play, Remember

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• Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.

  Jennifer Capriati

  Confused, Mistake, Acting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If I made a mistake in singing a song or in the script, I could have some fun with it, then retain any of the fun that sounded amusing.

  Bing Crosby

  Song, Fun, Mistake

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• I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interests of organisations, specifically banks and others, were such that they were best capable of protecting their own shareholders and their equity in the firms.

  Alan Greenspan

  Mistake, Self, Made

  " Greenspan - I was wrong about the economy. Sort of" by Andrew Clark and Jill Treanor, www.theguardian.com. October 23, 2008.

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• I can't understand it when people are closed-minded. I mean, boy, have I made mistakes and been very wrong. I can't tell you the amounts of times I've been let down, but I still try to see the best in people.

  Daphne Guinness

  Mistake, Mean, Boys

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• I see God as my heavenly father, like my earthly father, as loving and kind. Yes, he disciplined me, he helped me make good decisions, but I knew my dad was always there for me. If I made a mistake, I wouldn't run from my dad, I'd go to him.

  Joel Osteen

  Running, Dad, Father

  "Joel Osteen on Life, Tragedy and Why He Shuns 'Prosperity Gospel' Label". Interview with Melissa Barnhart, www.christianpost.com. April 21, 2013.

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• When I made mistakes, people used to laugh. I could have learnt better, but I've always liked to make people laugh.

  Jane Birkin

  Mistake, People, Laughing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I made mistakes. My supporters and I failed to prevent a main like [Mikhail] Saakashvili from acquiring absolute power. I should have criticized him earlier on.

  Irakli Okruashvili

  Mistake, Should Have, Made

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I thought I could rely on the plot in the novel and fill in the colour between the lines, but I made a mistake with that assumption. It was really, really hard because you pull a few things apart and then you realise how everything relies on everything else and it can all fall apart.

  Ben Affleck

  Mistake, Fall, Plot

  Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• When I first started I didn't know a lot about the job, so I kinda had to figure it out by wire, ya know? It was hit and miss, I made mistakes, and fortunately I was able to recover from most of 'em. But I promised myself if I ever get to a point where I can help somebody that's trying to learn how to do this, that I would try to do that.

  Billy Joel

  Jobs, Mistake, Missing

  "Backstage With Billy Joel: The Billboard Cover Story Interview (Exclusive)". Interview with Ray Waddell, www.billboard.com. January 31, 2014.

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• Pride is great up to the point you begin to throw out the baby with the bathwater. The rule of Satanism is: if it works for you, great. When it stops working for you, when you've painted yourself into a corner and the only way out is to say, I'm sorry, I made a mistake, I wish we could compromise somehow, then do it.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Baby, Sorry, Mistake

  "The Nine Satanic Sins". Book by Anton Szandor LaVey, 1987.

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