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Quotes
for
the Journey:
Mistakes
The
person who makes no mistakes
does not usually make anything.
William Connor Magee
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People should
never be ashamed to own they have been in the wrong,
which is but saying, in
other words, that they are wiser today
than they were yesterday. -Alexander Pope
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Half of our
mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought
to think, and thinking
where we ought to feel. -John Churton Collins
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| How many
times do we pay for one mistake? The answer is
thousands of times. The human is the only animal on earth
that pays a thousand times for the same mistake. The rest
of the animals pay once for every mistake they make. But not us.
We have a powerful memory. We make a mistake, we judge ourselves,
we find ourselves guilty, and we punish ourselves. If justice
exists,
then that was enough; we don't need to do it again. But every
time we remember, we judge ourselves again, we are guilty again,
and we punish ourselves again, and again, and again. If we have
a wife or husband he or she also reminds us of the mistake, so we
can judge ourselves again, punish ourselves again,
and find ourselves guilty again. Is this fair?
-Don Miguel
Ruiz |
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If
you can’t make a mistake, you can’t make anything.
-Marva
N. Collins
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| There's
nothing final about a mistake,
except its being taken as final. -Phyllis Bottome |
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| Just
because you made a mistake
doesn't mean you are a mistake. -Georgette Mosbacher |
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| If
you must make a mistake,
make a new one each time. -Dale Carnegie |
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| If I
had to live my life again I'd make
all the same mistakes--only sooner.
-Tallulah Bankhead |
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| I love
mistakes. Mistakes are how I learn the best, and I've made plenty of
them in my lifetime, so I naturally consider myself to be a well-learned
person. It makes sense, at least to me. When I've studied
languages, the easiest way for me to internalize something--vocabulary or
verb conjugation or declensions--was when someone corrected me after I
made a mistake. If I'm learning a new sport, I learn the most when I
make a mistake and I see the right way to do something through the error,
or I see why someone told me to do something a certain way, for I've
learned the consequences of not doing it that way.
-Tom Walsh
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| Those who never made a mistake never made a
discovery. -Samuel Smiles |
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| Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates
them. -Andrew V. Mason |
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| Like most people, Aunt Hattie Mae explained, I saw my
mistakes as
failures--setbacks and defeats to disappoint, depress, or demoralize me.
What they really are, however, are opportunities. Because it is from
our mistakes that we learn the lessons we need to develop and grow. . . .
Mistakes aren't just our teachers; they're also our motivators. They
cause us to reexamine our choices, revise our plans, and, in some cases,
reconsider the way we live our lives. And change them for the
better. . . .
The person who makes no mistakes doesn't usually make anything.
And when you learn to see your mistakes for what they are--compulsory
education--the harder you fall, the higher you'll bounce.
-Patti LaBelle |
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| A blunder at the right moment is better than
cleverness at the wrong time. -Carolyn Wells |
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How many mistakes did you make
this week? A full life requires thousands of mistakes if you
plan to live up to your creative potential. When we are
children, adults try to talk us out of making mistakes and we get
confused. They are referring to life-threatening mistakes,
but we think they mean everything.
Check how open you are to mistakes. Can you stand it?
Can you laugh? Do you shy away from things you might not do
well? Do you laugh at people who seem clumsy or naive?
Do you grit your teeth when someone you love makes a
mistake? Are you under the illusion that everyone is
watching you and keeping score?
Start counting your mistakes on a daily basis and try to increase
them by ten percent. That will require you to stretch and
grow. Try not mentioning other people's mistakes. Take
risks; be tolerant of yourself and others. . . . Mistakes are the
dues of a good and full life. Stretch and enjoy.
-Jennifer Jones |
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