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mistake power order
It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms. Charles Caleb Colton
mistake greatness ignorant
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.
mistake flirting errors
Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves.
mistake ignorance writing
Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.
mistake creativity science
A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.
mistake block sweat
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my conscious mind became aware of it, and threw on the brakes. So I've learned not to sweat it: take two days off, then back up a chapter, read through, and try to work out why I'm suddenly uneasy about continuing. Charles Stross
mistake ends chains
Fatal accidents never happen because of just one mistake. It takes a whole chain of stupids lining up just so to put a full stop at the end of an epitaph.
mistake men thank-god
Men talk of "the mistakes of Scripture." I thank God that I have never met with any. Mistakes of translation there may be, for translators are men. But mistakes of the original word there never can be, for the God who spoke it is infallible, and so is every word he speaks, and in that confidence we find delightful rest. Charles Spurgeon
mistake beginning-middle-and-end execution
A sermon without Christ as its beginning, middle, and end is a mistake in conception, a crime in execution.
repent thine thou whom
Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways. Saint Ambrose
repentance pardon
God hath promised pardon to him that repenteth, but he hath not promised repentance to him that sinneth. Anselm of Canterbury
repent
One can repent even of having repented. Bernard Berenson
repent
It is better to prepare and prevent than it is to repair and repent. Ezra Taft Benson
repent enjoyed
It's better to repent what you enjoyed than to repent not having enjoyed anything. Giovanni Boccaccio
repentance evidence
Let us beware of repentance without evidence. J. C. Ryle
repentance moaning knows
Repentance, as we know, is basically not moaning and remorse, but turning and change. J. I. Packer
repentance truest
To do so no more is the truest repentance. Martin Luther
repentance conclusion hasty
Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance. Publilius Syrus
ifs
For there is never anything but the present, and if one cannot live there, one cannot live anywhere. Alan Watts
ifs keep-going
If something is working, don't fix it. Keep going. Go with the glow. Al Pacino
ifs can-do dies
If you intend to die, you can do anything. Chip Kidd
ifs
If I don't work for a while, I don't work for a while. China Chow
ifs-and perfect what-if
It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world. Darren Shan
ifs
If your words're true, they're armed. David Mitchell
ifs
Nobody can be a success if they don't love their work. David Sarnoff
ifs
If it's not true, don't say it; if it's not right, don't do it. David Puttnam
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If we are to better the future we must disturb the present. Catherine Booth