When Obama heralds another 'teachable moment,' it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake.
I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I've already made them.
He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
What is the most common investor mistake? Trading - getting in and getting out at all the wrong times, for all the wrong reasons.
Accept your mistakes with a brave heart. Fear no one; only you know the pain they gave you and the lessons they taught you.
It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.
I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible - but that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes.
I believe nothing happens by mistake. You know, the universe has a divine plan. That sounds dramatic.
Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.
There is no nation in the history that has not experienced bloodshed and murdering. We all have committed the same mistakes in a different manner.
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field.
For Parents: Never blame or scold a child for their first mistake after all family is the first school from where a child learns.
There was my name up in lights. I said, 'God, somebody's made a mistake.' But there it was, in lights. And I sat there and said, 'Remember, you're not a star.' Yet there it was up in lights.
Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.
No matter what business you're in, business is business, and financing and money are critical. I would have made a lot fewer mistakes if I had more schooling in that area.
If you want to change the way your banking system is regulated, if you want to learn the mistakes of what's gone wrong, then you have to change your government.
I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.
It is a great mistake, as we have already remarked, to be afraid of Him and to act in His presence like a timid and craven slave trembling with fright before his master.
The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting.
Your mistakes get to follow you for the rest of your life. I don't know if that's good for people who are young and are just starting to explore the Internet.
I was a good pupil at primary school: in the second class I was writing with no spelling mistakes, and the third and fourth classes were done in a single year.