“Mistakes are part of life. And yet, for some reason, most parents in this world, wish their children made no mistakes at all, or as little as possible.”
Source: You Have The Right Not To Make Your Parents Proud. A Book Of Quotes
“Parents like to think of themselves as Batmans, and of their children as Gotham Cities. Gotham City depends on Batman for its survival, and Batman delivers. This belief prevents parents from letting those young adults actually live their lives.”
Source: You Have The Right Not To Make Your Parents Proud. A Book Of Quotes
“We never know where life is going to lead, Ethan. What so many small decisions are going to add up to.”
“The only alternative to making mistakes is for someone to make all your decisions for you, in which case you will make their mistakes instead of your own.”
Source: The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education
“When a woman says she doesn't want to be your fling, it doesn't mean she wants to be your girlfriend either. All the signs and words may just be her way of accommodating you or showing that you're good company, and not because she loves you at all to want
more from you.”
“For this reason, it is well said that misfortune is sometimes good for something, for it teaches at the same time that it hurts.”
Source: The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan
“It will be very hard. You’ll make a million mistakes, and you’ll pay for them all, one way or another. But the hard parts will be your parts, they won’t be hard parts other people have imposed on you for their own reasons, or maybe for no reason at all. And your ownership of them – your responsibility to and for them – makes all the difference in the world.”
Source: Walking on Water: Reading, Writing, and Revolution
“Dear God, I don’t ask for fame and fortune but for an opportunity to embrace many. I don’t ask you to make my life perfect but full of love. With every mistake I make, or with any success I have, I ask to feel your grace along the way, for the rest of my life. In Jesus’s name, amen.”
Source: The Writings of Ron Baratono
“We are all a whole bunch of accidental products.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“Life is too short to repeat your mistakes, make new ones..!!”