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Mistakes Quotes (page 43)

George Harrison quote: "With every mistake, we must surely be learning."
With every mistake, we must surely be learning. George Harrison
Leo Tolstoy quote: "What you spoke of just now was a mistake, not love"
What you spoke of just now was a mistake, not love Leo Tolstoy
It is part of the human nature always to judge others very severely and, when the wind turns against us, always to find an excuse for our own misdeeds, or to blame someone else for our mistakes. Paulo Coelho
There is something in natural affection which will lead it on to eternal love more easily than natural appetite could be led on. But there's also something in it which makes it easier to stop at the natural level and mistake it for the heavenly. Brass is mistaken for gold more easily than clay is. And if it finally refuses conversion its corruption will be worse than the corruption of what ye call the lower passions. It is a stronger angel, and therefor, when it falls, a fiercer devil. C. S. Lewis
Leo Tolstoy quote: "I think that in order to know love one must make a mistake and..."
I think that in order to know love one must make a mistake and then correct it. Leo Tolstoy
...the rule among the human race? a rule that naturally admits of exceptions? is that the reputedly hard are the weak whom nobody wanted, and that the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that gentleness which the vulgar herd mistakes for weakness. Marcel Proust
Leo Tolstoy quote: "It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and..."
It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes. Leo Tolstoy
Do you think we're making a mistake?" snapped the Bishop."Not at all," said Dom Cristao. "I think we've taken a step toward something truly magnificent. But humankind almost never forgives true greatness."Fortunately," said the Bishop, "humankind isn't the judge that matters. And now I intend to pray for this boy, since medical science has obviously reached the boundary of its competence. Orson Scott Card
But really, the term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn’t always healthy. But if we forget, we don’t learn from our mistakes. And that can be deadly. Meg Cabot
Orson Scott Card quote: "We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a..."
We're all trying to decide whether your scores up there are a miracle or a mistake."A habit. Orson Scott Card
Nicholas Sparks quote: "Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others...."
Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen. Nicholas Sparks
Terry Eagleton quote: "What persuades men and women to mistake each other from time..."
What persuades men and women to mistake each other from time to time for gods and vermin is ideology. Terry Eagleton
There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a comforting thought L. M. Montgomery
Anne: "But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice".Marilla: "I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones". L. M. Montgomery
He [Uncle Vernon] held up the envelope in which Mrs. Weasley’s letter had come, and Harry had to fight down a laugh. Every bit of it was covered in stamps except for a square inch on the front, into which Mrs. Weasley had squeezed the Dursleys’ address in minute writing. “She did put enough stamps on, then,” said Harry, trying to sound as though Mrs. Weasley’s was a mistake anyone could make. J. K. Rowling

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