"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."

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"I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."

Bob Woodward, American Journalist

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Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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"No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction."

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"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."

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"So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

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"I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent."

"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."

"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."

"A mistake is a stepping stone to success."

"You're not the only one who's made mistakes, but they're the only things that you can truly call your own."

"No mistake is more common and more fatuous than appealing to logic in cases which are beyond her jurisdiction."

"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."

"We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are free from great ones."

"Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side."

"So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge."

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"If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment."

"The consequences of an act affect the probability of it's occurring again."

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"A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying."