Quotes about mistake
mistake adventure fighting
The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one who never tries anything. His is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes, because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those who do things. David M. Shoup
mistake writing thinking
In playwriting, you've got to be able to write dialogue. And if you write enough of it and let it flow enough, you'll probably come across something that will give you a key as to structure. I think the process of writing a play is working back and forth between the moment and the whole. The moment and the whole, the fluidity of the dialogue and the necessity of a strict construction. Letting one predominate for a while and coming back and fixing it so that eventually what you do, like a pastry chef, is frost your mistakes, if you can. David Mamet
mistake years generations
They say you can't study Kabbalah until you are at least 40 years old. You know why? You have to have experienced at least one generation making the same mistakes as the previous one.
mistake curves want
The writers want to know were you made your mistake, no how well your curve is breaking. Alvin Dark
mistake believe good-friend
Believe it, my good friend, to love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in the world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues; and if I mistake not, you have as much of it as I ever met with in anybody. Anthony Collins
mistake attempting biggest-mistake
Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new. Anthony de Mello
mistake evil degrees
We're not all evil or all good, and we all make mistakes to one degree or another. Annette Bening
mistake believe mean
There’s a tendency for young people to get discouraged and frustrated easily. But don’t be afraid to fail. In many ways, we learn so much more from our failures than our successes. Remind yourself that failure is nothing more than a means to a greater end. Bide your time, learn from your mistakes, and lead by example. If you believe in what you’re doing, it will show. Anna Maria Chavez
mistake what-if stakes
You know, parenting is so personal. And we're all afraid that we didn't quite get it right. And it feels like the stakes are so high. By we - what if we made a mistake? Amy Chua
mistake age rewards
Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age. Anna Held
mistake thinking ideas
Nobody seems to think it's a good idea to mention mistakes, but I think it's important to acknowledge the mistakes you've made in life, because it's really through those that you learn things. I've made hundreds.... Andrew Lloyd Webber
mistake thinking hands
I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative. Andre Norton
mistake emma should
I got quite cross when I heard about Emma Thompson adapting 'Sense and Sensibility.' It was absolutely childish of me, but I thought, 'I should be doing that. They didn't even ask me.' Some mistake, surely. Andrew Davies
mistake punishment taste
Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy. Ambrose Bierce
mistake modern thyself
The sum of religion, says Pythagoras, is to be like him thou worshipest. Had Pythagoras lived in our day he would have seen his mistake. The sum of modern religion is to make him thou worshipest like unto thyself.
mistake eels tails
POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles, he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice.
mistake reality people
I'm very aware of the chemistry. It's something you can't take for granted. I'm very thankful for it and I recognise the power of its reality in all of our lives. Some people don't and it's a mistake not to because people throw away god-given special chemistry that's very rare, very hard to find. Anthony Kiedis
mistake believe would-be
We believe Frederick Nietzsche couldn’t have been more right when he said ‘without music, life would be a mistake’, Alicia Keys
mistake soul lesson-learned
Yes I was burned but I called it a lesson learned. Mistake overturned so I call it a lesson learned. My soul has returned so I call it a lesson learned...another lesson learned
mistake people helping
Still, I couldn't help but wonder if it was a mistake for people like us to be tied to a place. If we weren't meant to be ready and willing to wander. If everything we needed was contained in who we were. And what we remember. Alice Hoffman
mistake golf player
Mistakes are part of the game. It's how well you recover from them, that's the mark of a great player. Alice Cooper
mistake winning energy
Winning coaches must treat mistakes like copperheads in the bedclothes - avoid them with all the energy you can muster. Darrell Royal
mistake winning race
The mistake I really learned from was in 2005, leading the Indianapolis 500. I had a decision whether or not to save enough fuel to finish the race - which meant slowing down - or going all-out for the win. I went conservative and saved enough fuel to go to the end but finished fourth. Danica Patrick
mistake talking skills
I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes. Daisy Fuentes
mistake emotional incompatibility
There is no such thing as emotional incompatibility. There are only misunderstandings and mistakes which can easily be set right if we have the will to do so. Dada Vaswani
mistake reading eye
I think that when you’re in the public eye, you automatically become a role model, because people are reading about you and looking at pictures of stuff you’ve done. But, you know, no one’s perfect, everyone makes mistakes. I have made mistakes and I will make mistakes. I’m only human. Dakota Fanning
mistake fall views
As long as we are human, we are destined to make mistakes. We all fall prey to flawed beliefs and views. What separates a forward-looking person from an intransigent one, a virtuous person from a malevolent one, however, is whether one can candidly admit to ones mistakes and take bold steps to redress them. Daisaku Ikeda
mistake intolerance ancestor
There is nothing glorious about what our ancestors call history. It is simply a succession of mistakes, intolerances and violations. Claude Vorilhon
mistake memorable thinking
The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed. Claude Pepper
mistake making-mistakes
Make mistakes; it's what you do about them that counts. Claudia Black
mistake errors cardinals
A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake. Colin Greenwood
mistake good-man despair
I let a good many mistakes show through when fixing my sensations. It will always be the same and this is what makes me despair. Claude Monet
mistake people privilege
Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit. Danny Wallace