Made A Mistake Quotes - Page 13

• I want to be remembered as someone who was sincere. Even if I made mistakes, they were made in sincerity. If I was wrong, I was wrong in sincerity.

  Malcolm X

  Mistake, Want, Sincerity

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• Show me a person who never made a mistake, and I will show you a person who never did anything.

  William Rosenberg

  Inspirational, Success, Business

  William Rosenberg, Jessica Brilliant Keener (2001). “Time to Make the Donuts”, Lebhar-Friedman

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• We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet.

  Lauren Myracle

  Mistake, Moving, Believe

  John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson (2009). “Let It Snow: Three Holiday Stories”, p.171, Penguin

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• Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.

  Carl Sagan

  Mistake, Past, Way

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.271, Ballantine Books

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• We look down our noses at people who've made mistakes in relationships. She's so stupid! How could she do that! Our superiority makes us feel better. But I’d bet everything I have on the fact that people to claim to have a perfect record in love are either lying or have very limited dating experience. People who say, I’d never do that! Someday, unless you are very, very lucky, you’ll have a story to tell. Or not to tell.

  Deb Caletti

  Mistake, Lying, Stupid

  Deb Caletti (2010). “The Secret Life of Prince Charming”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• My favourite victory is when it is not even clear where my opponent made a mistake.

  Peter Leko

  Mistake, Victory, Opponents

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• I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.

  Albert Einstein

  Country, Mistake, Land

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• He believed that he must, that he could and would recover the good things, the happy things, the easy tranquil things of life. He had made mistakes, but he could overlook these. He had been a fool, but that could be forgiven. The time wasted--must be relinquished. What else could one do about it? Things were too complex, but they might be reduced to simplicity again. Recovery was possible.

  Saul Bellow

  Mistake, Recovery, Simplicity

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• If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.

  Howard Hughes

  Mistake, Design, Pay

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• If you have made a mistake or committed an inaccuracy there is no need to become annoyed and to think that everything is lost. You have to reorientate yourself quickly and find a new plan in the new situation.

  David Bronstein

  Mistake, Thinking, Annoyed

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• The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers, got hungry, scolded God, were egotistical or impatient in their turns, made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.

  Phyllis McGinley

  Mistake, Commitment, Heaven

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• If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.

  Mary Pickford

  Mistake, Starting Over, Another Chance

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• The heavens will not be filled with those who never made mistakes but with those who recognized that they were off course and who corrected their ways to get back in the light of gospel truth.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Mistake, Light, Heaven

  "A Matter of a Few Degrees". Dieter F. Uchtdorf's speech at the General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, www.lds.org. April, 2008.

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