I was afraid that I had made a profound, irrevocable mistake, and that, as in a fantastic tale, if I did not find something firm and magical to grab a hold of right that moment...

Jules could have sworn there was a devilish glint in the shopkeepers eye. ‘I find today I am in need of a bonnet.’Mr. Postlethwaite was silent. And then his eyes crept toward the marquess’s hairline.’It...

We’re going to make our mistakes this season, but the key will be in trying to limit those. We want to make the routine plays when we have a chance to make them.

Some mistakes… Just have greater consequences than others. But you don’t have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.

This need to be right has put a huge burden on me, one that I never deserved to have to carry. Part of it, I know, is cultural–in this age of information at a moment’s...

I thought we swung the bat very well. Good hitters hit mistakes. We were very consistent.

There’s always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they’re beautiful mistakes.

All great works start with mistake. Ain’t no exception in this fact.

Chris, as of right now, is the starting QB. He’s just a sophomore, so he’s going to make sophomore mistakes, but he’s getting better by the day. And the exciting part is, we’re going to...

Satan will tempt you with many things in life, but the most powerful is the temptation to be grateful for what you have, when it is not the best life God had to offer you.

I don’t think it’s weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.

It’s hard to imagine hate that I am facing from allover the world yet I am not alone with mistakes.

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. Don’t try to be perfect; just be an excellent example of being human.

After Carol had left, as Symons threw away a pile of used tissues and rearranged the cushions on the couch, he remarked that the most common and unhelpful illusion plaguing those who came to see...

Ever seen a two-year-old tattering around a garden? There might be a poison ivy, or rose bushes or hawthorne around the edges. There might be spades or secateurs lying on the lawn. The kid doesn’t...

We made mistakes and paid for them in the third quarter. We had our opportunities and we just didn’t get to the loose balls. Guys get tired and when they do, they make mental mistakes....

There is no greater sorrowthan thinking back upon a happy timein misery–

Stay away from any minute of joy that can bring you a lifetime of sorrow.

It seems like this year we’ve had ’em (mistakes) at crucial times and kinda shoot ourselves in the foot. We are better. We’re more disciplined, but we gotta get out of this rut.

Our mistakes and regrets are not barriers to becoming who we can be; they are a necessary ingredient.

I am, after all, an adult, a grown man, a useful human being, even though I lost the career that made me all these things. I won’t make that mistake again.

It was a hard fought, relatively quick game. We took advantage of several mistakes they made in the back. Overall, to shut a team down with a counter attack like Conroe’s says a lot for...

Once she had loved Prince Joffrey with all her heart, and admired and trusted her his mother, the queen. They had repaid that love and trust with her father’s head. Sansa would never make that...

To make mistakes or be wrong is human. To admit those mistakes shows you have the ability to learn, and are growing wiser.

Oh, I know I’m a great trial to you, Marilla,” said Anne repentantly. “I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don’t make, although I might.

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.

Let us cry for the spilt milk, by all means, if by doing so we learn how to avoid spilling any more. Let us cry for the spilt milk, and remember how, and where, and...

It has been a long trip,” said Milo, climbing onto the couch where the princesses sat; “but we would have been here much sooner if I hadn’t made so many mistakes. I’m afraid it’s all...

It is the way it’s been all year ? we kill ourselves with penalties and mistakes,

Mario is great at reading and getting to the ball. He never makes mistakes. He’s very much like a linebacker for us.

The ultimate measure of a person is not her mistakes or accomplishments, but what she does with them.

There is plenty of blame to go around for the U.S. housing bubble, but not much of it belongs to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two giant housing-finance institutions made many mistakes over the...

Mark just doesn’t make mistakes. If you watch him, he’s mistake-free,

I had written a book of short stories which was published under the title of “Uncle Tom’s Children”. When the review of that book began to appear, I realized that I had made an awful...

No matter how much you try to maintain order in your life, no matter how careful you are to guard against mistakes, against imperfections, there is always some smudge, some flaw, lurking out of sight....

This has been our pattern. We played extremely well defensively and made just a few mistakes.

Just because you’ve made mistakes doesn’t mean your mistakes get to make you. Take notice of your inner critic, forgive yourself, and move on.

The biggest mistake you can make is listening to people who’ve given up on their dreams telling you to give up on yours.

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, learn from them. That is how they become strong.

I have learned from my mistakes, and I am sure I can repeat them exactly

I’m afraid that we all make mistakes. One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes. If we lie about having made a mistake, then it can’t be corrected and it...

A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new

I don’t have an answer. Little mistakes give up big plays. You have to finish. You have to have more points on the scoreboard than the other team.

Every Mistake Teach Us a Lesson

[S]ometimes people make a mistake for so long that it starts to feel like it’s not a mistake at all. And then one day, you tell yourself it’s for the best.

None of us are bad people. We float around and we run across each other and we learn about ourselves, and we make mistakes and we do great things. We hurt others, we hurt ourselves,...

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

but that is how the guilty speak

Perfection is an everlasting goal to pursue. It reminds us that we are mortal beings capable of making mistakes. When we correct them, it gives us an opportunity to become better people.

The most tragic cause of social disharmony is when the speed with which people find mistakes of others outweighs their simple belief that they too are infallible!