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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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Stross
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. Charles Spurgeon
social-transformation intervention therapeutic
Every therapeutic intervention is an act of social transformation. Harville Hendrix
saint has-beens ought
Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded. Charles Caleb Colton
saint sinner
One can convert only a sinner, never a saint. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
saint sin confession
If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins. Bernard of Clairvaux
saint influence
My earliest influences were Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. Bella Freud
saint
I am a Count, Not a Saint. Alexandre Dumas
saint lost patron
Each lost day has its patron saint! Bret Harte
saint goodness goodness-of-god
A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God. Brennan Manning
saint fans hours
I grew up a Saints fan, an hour from the Superdome. Brett Favre
saint impossible difficult
What is impossible to God? Not that which is difficult to His power, but that which is contrary to His nature. English Proverbs