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Mistake Quotes

"We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues."

"We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Mistake, Faults

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"From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right."

"From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Mistake, Being, Right

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"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

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"A mistake is a stepping stone to success."

"A mistake is a stepping stone to success."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Mistake, Success, Learning, Failure

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"America is a mistake, a giant mistake."

"America is a mistake, a giant mistake."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

Mistake, America

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"One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."

"One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Mistake, Thoughts, Man, Wine

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"If 'pratikraman' happens immediately [as the mistake happen], then it will bring one in the state of God (Bhagwan-pad)."

"If 'pratikraman' happens immediately [as the mistake happen], then it will bring one in the state of God (Bhagwan-pad)."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Mistake, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"Sometimes you are damn wrong and you just don't get it."

"Sometimes you are damn wrong and you just don't get it."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Mistake, Truth, Regret, Wisdom

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"The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test."

"The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test."

George W. Bush, American President

Mistake, Being, Nation, Will

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

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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Mistake, Faults, Order

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"Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.O hateful error, Melancholy's child,Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of menThe things that are not? O Error, soon concieved,Thou never com'st unto a happy birth,But kill'st the mother that engendered thee."

"Mistrust of good success hath done this deed.O hateful error, Melancholy's child,Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of menThe things that are not? O Error, soon concieved,Thou never com'st unto a happy birth,But kill'st the mother that engendered thee."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Mistake, Regret, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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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."

"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

Mistake, Regret, Awareness, Time, Choice

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"It's just a mistake, you understand you don't ya??... and Hello, father 33 days from your dead!"

"It's just a mistake, you understand you don't ya??... and Hello, father 33 days from your dead!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Mistake, Regret, Truth, Life, Happiness

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"We all make mistakes, but one of our biggest mistakes is continually revisiting the past."

"We all make mistakes, but one of our biggest mistakes is continually revisiting the past."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Mistake, Regret, Truth, Wisdom

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"It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so."

"It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Mistake, Fault, Man, Will

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"Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes."

"Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Mistake, Mistakes

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"I made a lot of mistakes, one of them was to promise. I must stop promise, the promise is like something which you in everytime in any case you must do what you said you will do! - That's why I hate it!"

"I made a lot of mistakes, one of them was to promise. I must stop promise, the promise is like something which you in everytime in any case you must do what you said you will do! - That's why I hate it!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Mistake, Regret, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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

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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Mistake, Fault, Quarrels

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"For how long is there a superior? For as long as one makes mistakes. When mistakes cease to happen, there will be no superior thereafter."

"For how long is there a superior? For as long as one makes mistakes. When mistakes cease to happen, there will be no superior thereafter."

Dada Bhagwan, Indian Spiritual Leader

Mistake, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Life

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"It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved."

"It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man."

"The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Mistake, Man, Poverty, Sound

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

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

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Mistake, Faults

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"Don't be defeatist due to the mistakes you make. Mistakes are inevitable part of growth."

"Don't be defeatist due to the mistakes you make. Mistakes are inevitable part of growth."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Mistake, Growth, Truth, Life, Power

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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."

"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

Mistake, Failure, Americans, Country

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"Never mind the mistakes. One day they will become your most prized possessions."

"Never mind the mistakes. One day they will become your most prized possessions."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Mistake, Regret, Truth, Life, Wisdom

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