Mistakes Quotes

Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales.

I don't think I was fundamentally different from what I was before I went to jail, except that in jail I had a lot of time to think about problems and to see the mistakes that we had committed. I came out mature.

Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

One must never forget when misfortunes come that it is quite possible they are saving one from something much worse; or that when you make some great mistake, it may very easily serve you better than the best-advised decision.

Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hope soon to be swept away.

The loyalties which center upon number one are enormous. If he trips, he must be sustained. If he make mistakes, they must be covered. If he sleeps, he must not be wantonly disturbed. If he is no good, he must be pole-axed.

I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.

In all correspondence, it would be more convenient to use the word "Persia" instead of "Iran," as otherwise dangerous mistakes may easily occur through the similarity of Iran and Iraq....Formal correspondence with the Persian Government should of course be conducted in the form they like.

As far as guitar picking, if I make the same mistakes at the same time every day, people will start calling it a style.

I don't like to be labeled, to be anything. I've made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but it's counter-productive.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

I am the first to admit I have made a couple of mistakes: two trips to rehab, Rudebox, the album, Geri Halliwell. I should have gone for Victoria, really, shouldn't I? I'd have been really famous.

When you're about to give up and your heart's about to break, remember that you're perfect, God makes no mistakes.

If you were to ask me about a mistake I have made, it's calling my fourth album, 'New Jersey', because for the first time in my life, we were compared to the E Street Band.

I only follow my voice inside. If it guides me wrong and I do not win, I'll learn from my mistakes and try to achieve again.

Life's a test, mistakes are lessons, but the gift of life is knowing that you have made a difference.

I set goals, take control, drink out my own bottle. I make mistakes but learn from every one. And when it's said and done, I bet this brother be a better one. If I upset you don't stress; never forget, that God isn't finished with me yet.

He's not perfect. You aren't, either, and the two of you will never be perfect. Buf if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.

I learn from my mistakes. It's a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there's no gain.