Mistake Quotes - Page 40

• Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Body, Separating

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

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• The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one who has control over the mind waves. Activity is the manifestation of inferior strength, calmness, of the superior.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Men, Mind, Laziness

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.68, Advaita Ashrama

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• The cross is bigger than your mistakes, bigger than your regrets, bigger than the secrets you hold. The cross stands above it all.

  Nicky Gumbel

  Regret, Secret, Crosses

  Twitter post from Mar 24, 2016

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• A game is always won through a mistake.

  Savielly Tartakower

  Games, Chess

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• Chess holds deep wisdoms of the people. It is truly an image of life, the reflection of human fate that has shown us the earthly way of suffering in darkness and permanent shortage of time. Like in chess, we encounter all kinds of traps, mistakes, settlements, sacrifices, kings, and queens, doubled pawns, and extraordinary moves while we are on the board ourselves.

  Pope John Paul II

  Queens, Kings, Moving

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• You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

  Alexander Alekhine

  Chess, Bigs, Masters

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• Confidence is very important - even pretending to be confident. If you make a mistake but do not let your opponent see what you are thinking then he may overlook the mistake.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Thinking, Important, May

  "Vishy Anand: 'Chess is like acting'". SPIEGEL Interview with Ansbert Kneip,Maik Großekathöfer, en.chessbase.com. October 1, 2008.

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• ...chess is "a lot like football because you have to set up your offense and your defense, every once in a while you need to give up a piece of your team in order to make the big play. It's a game of patience, and that pretty much defines how I run the ball. I'm patient, always looking for the opportunity and always trying to capitalize on the other person's mistake."

  Priest Holmes

  Sports, Football, Running

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• Heaven knows, we all make mistakes. That's life - and chess.

  Woody Allen

  Heaven, Chess, Knows

  Woody Allen (2007). “The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose”, Random House Incorporated

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• It is better to make a mistake with full force of your being than to carefully avoid mistakes with a trembling spirit.

  Socrates

  Courage, Spirit, Force

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• For every obstacle there is a solution. Persistence is the key. The greatest mistake is giving up!

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspiring, Giving Up, Persistence

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• We should change our attitude toward the United Nations. There has to be some power in the world superior to our own. We should not have attacked Iraq without the okay of the United Nations. Now we have to live with that mistake. We're living with it, and too many of our guys are dying with it.

  Andy Rooney

  Change, Attitude, Iraq

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• If you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Patience, Perseverance, Infinite

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2991, Manonmani Publishers

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• I'm going to marry him. And if he thinks he can get divorced and married every two or three years in the approved Hollywood fashion, well, he never made a bigger mistake in his life. He's going to marry and stick to me.

  Agatha Christie

  Fashion, Divorce, Thinking

  Agatha Christie (1984). “Five complete Hercule Poirot novels”, Random House Value Pub

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• Sometimes mistakes are the best thing that can happen, because they might lift you...out of your complacency, and open your mind up to a whole other area that you wouldn't have gone to intentionally.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Growth, Mind, Gone

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• I was actually permitting myself to experience a sickening sense of disappointment: but rallying my wits, and recollecting my principles, I at once called my sensations to order; and it was wonderful how I got over the temporary blunder-how I cleared up the mistake of supposing Mr. Rochester's movements a matter in which I had any cause to take vital interest.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Disappointment, Order, Heartbreaking

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.136, Penguin

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• The banking business is no favorite of ours. When assets are twenty times equity - a common ratio in this industry - mistakes that involve only a small portion of assets can destroy a major portion of equity. And mistakes have been the rule rather than the exception at many major banks.

  Warren Buffett

  Twenties, Banking, Ratios

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• [During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories.

  Seneca the Younger

  Way, Ruins, Anticipation

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• In every adversity there lies the seed of an equivalent advantage. In every defeat is a lesson showing you how to win the victory next time. [But you must know enough to realise this, lest you focus more on the defeat than finding the lesson you paid for with the defeat. With every defeat and mistake, you have the logical right to get excited about the future when you will understand and be able to apply the lessons and thereby turn defeat and temporary failure into victory and permanent success.]

  Robert Collier

  Lying, Adversity, Winning

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• What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?

  Carol S. Dweck

  Growth, Trying, Today

  Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.235, Random House

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• One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.

  Terry Goodkind

  Character, Handle, We All Make Mistakes

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Confessor”, p.155, Head of Zeus

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• This book has been a catalogue of mistakes by politicians, moral and practical disasters which led to wars, enslavement and wretchedness on a scale which no previous age could have dreaded or dreamed of.

  A. N. Wilson

  War, Book, History

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• Never mistake a clear view for a short distance.

  Paul Saffo

  Distance, Views, Clear View

  "Six Rules for Effective Forecasting". "HBR IdeaCast" with Cathy Olofson, hbr.org.

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• And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Dad, Unconditional Love

  "Obama talks of fatherhood". "Obama talks of fatherhood" by Mj Lee, www.politico.com. June 18, 2011.

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• I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.

  Patrick Marber

  Uncles, Heart, Character

  "Closer - Patrick Marber Q&A" compiled by Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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