Quotes by Mistake No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes. Frederick William Robertson greatnessmistakemen Life, like war, is a series of mistakes,he is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Forget mistakes: organize victory out of mistakes. Frederick William Robertson winningmistakewar At the end of the day, you got to learn from people that been through what you been through; they help you learn from your mistakes. French Montana the-end-of-the-daymistakepeople It's not a persons mistakes which define them - it's the way they make amends. Freya North personsmistakeway I am comfortable giving people direction. If something is not good enough, my job is to find a way to help them learn from their mistake, and understand that next time I expect better. Frida Giannini mistakejobspeople The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction Freya Stark fear-of-failurebeliefmistake It is a law of our humanity, that man must know both good and evil; he must know good through evil. There never was a principle but what triumphed through much evil; no man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes. Frederick William Robertson greatnessmistakemen I think it's a big mistake to decide too soon what you're going to do with your life. Freeman Dyson bigsmistakethinking The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation . Franklin D. Roosevelt mistakecountryneeds We place the highest value on actual implementation and taking action. There are many things one doesn’t understand and therefore, we ask them why don’t you just go ahead and take action, try to do something? You realize how little you know and you face your own failures and you simply can correct those failures and redo it again and at the second trial you realize another mistake or another thing you didn’t like so you can redo it once again. So by constant improvement, or, should I say, the improvement based upon action, one can rise to the higher level of practice and knowledge. Fujio Cho practicemistaketrying A balanced person will get depressed, discouraged, frustrated and angry sometimes, but doesn't direct it towards anybody else. If they do, they quickly realize they made a mistake. Frederick Lenz buddhismfrustratedmistake Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking. Fulton J. Sheen same-mistakesmistaketalking Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes. Freeman Dyson engineeringforgivingmistake I realize I'm not a machine. I'm going to make mistakes. Fuzzy Zoeller making-mistakesmachinesmistake That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done. Francois de La Rochefoucauld gratitudekindnessmistake I say, “You may be right, but don’t knock it until you’re tried it. Don’t say, ‘I think it’s worthless; therefore I’m not going to spend any time looking into myself the way one who prays does.'” Maybe that’s an even worse mistake than praying might be. Frederick Buechner doemistakemight The greater part of humanity is too much harassed and fatigued by the struggle with want, to rally itself for a new and sterner struggle with error. Friedrich Schiller errorsstrugglemistake I think the biggest misconception is that everybody has to learn mathematics. That seems to be a complete mistake. Freeman Dyson mathematicsmistakethinking I think the biggest misconception about mathematics is that everybody has to learn it. That seems to be a complete mistake. All the time worrying about pushing the children and getting them to be mathematically literate and all that stuff. It's terribly hard on the kids. It's also hard on the teachers. And I think it's totally useless. To me, mathematics is like playing the violin. Some people can do it - others can't. If you don't have it, then there's no point in pretending. Freeman Dyson mistaketeacherchildren One of man's important mistakes, one which must be remembered, is his illusion in regard to his I. Man such as we know him, the 'man-machine,' the man who cannot 'do,' and with whom and through whom everything 'happens,' cannot have a permanent and single I. His I changes as quickly as his thoughts, feelings and moods, and he makes a profound mistake in considering himself always one and the same person; in reality he is always a different person, not the one he was a moment ago. G. I. Gurdjieff mistakemenreality«93949596979899100101102103»
