Quotes of: Mistake Keyword

I am not sure that you, the younger generations, will like to go to war that we went through. So, we learn as the mistakes are being committed.

Ibrahim Babangida

As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.

J. D. Hayworth

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq.

Robert Byrd

As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building.

Jane Byrne

We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road progress means doing an about-turn and walki...

The Case for Christianity

The world needs people who have survived mistakes, tragedies, and trials to help the rest of us through. Where would we be if Victor Frankl had never experienced what he did during the war? He wouldn’t have used his experiences to benefit millions ...

Choosing Clarity: The Path to Fearlessness

To build a church when a school house is needed is to perpetrate a theft upon education. To build a church when a hospital is needed is to take from the parched lips of the sick the cup of relief and from the suffering the merciful hand of help. When...

An Atheist Manifesto

When we follow our hearts, we follow the path of lessons we were meant to take and gain knowledge from. Sometimes the heart conquers over reason, and this may lead us to making serious mistakes, but these are mistakes written for us to grow. This is ...

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

We know that there are many animals on this continent not found in the Old World. These must have been carried from here to the ark, and then brought back afterwards. Were the peccary, armadillo, ant-eater, sloth, agouti, vampire-bat, marmoset, howli...

Some Mistakes of Moses

If the Pentateuch is not inspired in its astronomy, geology, geography, history or philosophy, if it is not inspired concerning slavery, polygamy, war, law, religious or political liberty, or the rights of men, women and children, what is it inspired...

Some Mistakes of Moses

It seemed like a mistake. And mistakes ought to be rectified, only this one couldn't be. Between the way things used to be and the way they were now was a void that couldn't be crossed. I had to find an explanation other than the real one, which was ...

So Long, See You Tomorrow

Karen Holmes: Don't try to be gallant, Sergeant. If you think this is a mistake, come right out and say so... Well, I guess it's about time for me to be heading home, isn't it?... Well, isn't it? Sergeant Milton Warden: What's the matter? What starte...

From Here to Eternity

A philosophical thought is not supposed to be impervious to all criticism; this is the error Whitehead describes of turning philosophy into geometry, and it is useful primarily as a way of gaining short-term triumphs in personal arguments that no one...

Love

We don't always do the things our parents want us to do, but it is their mistake if they can't find a way to love us anyway.

Commencement

The Grand Mistake in Education - To think that what's right for you is right for everyone. IT AIN'T. The Fly in this Ointment! via @youtube

Death of a Nightingale

the matured understands mistakes as a necessary growth path to maturity

Distinctive Footprints of Life: Where Are You Heading Towards?

I read somewhere that every life is the story of a single mistake, and then what happens after.

Everything to Lose

We all make mistakes, but it is those that learn from them that rise to the top.

Fallin' Up: My Story

I might go easy on people who make mistakes, but never on people who make no effort.

Flashes of Thought

You know what a mistake is, right?" "Like when Mommy yells at me and then says she is sorry later.

Glow in the Dark

Everyone's allowed to be in love with the wrong person at some point. In fact, it's a mistake not to be.

Happily Ever After