“A balanced person will get depressed, discouraged, frustrated and angry sometimes, but doesn't direct it towards anybody else. If they do, they quickly realize they made a mistake.” IfsPersonsMadeSometimesRealizingMistakeBuddhismBalanceDirectAngryBalancedFrustratedDiscouragedMade A Mistake Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you want to condemn yourself for the mistakes you've made, let's be fair, that means you've got to congratulate yourself for all the good things you've done. It's okay to say, "God, I wish I'd done this; yeah, but I did do that." Then it kind of balances out.” IfsWantKindMeanMadeDoneWishMistakeBalanceFairsOkayYeahGood ThingsMistakes You've Made Author:Tim Allen
“I try to be self-analytical, both to outline the mistakes I made in my life and try to explain why I did, and the things that on balance I did pretty well on.” TryingWellsMadeSelfMistakeBalanceOutlines Author:William J. Clinton
“There are no checks and balances if the gov is wrong. If a private entrepreneur makes a mistake, he goes bankrupt, the losses are cut; if he bets wrong, he loses; if the gov bets wrong, they just get bigger, they just appropriate more money. It's a bottomless pit, because they either get it from the tax payers or run it off a printing press.” IfsRunningLosesLossMistakeCuttingBalanceTaxesBiggerPressesEntrepreneurChecksAppropriateMore MoneyPitsPrintingPrinting Press Author:Peter Schiff
“Without balance and wisdom, power becomes very destructive. It creates unhappiness and not happiness. To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake.” MistakeTeacherBuddhismBalanceGainsBuddhistDestructiveUnhappinessEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“Micromanaging erodes people's confidence, making them overly dependennt on their leaders. Well-meaning leaders inadvertently sabotage their teams by rushing to the rescue and offering too much help. A leader needs to balance assistance with wu wei, backing off long enough to let people learn from their mistakes and develop competence.” PeopleNeedsWellsLongEnoughHelpingMistakeLeaderToo MuchTeamBalanceOfferingRescueAssistanceCompetenceRushingSabotageErodeMicromanaging Author:Diane Dreher
“To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think that would be unreal. What Im writing is real.” ThinkingWritingRealWould BeMistakeWorryBalancePersonal LifeUnrealWork Life BalanceLife BalanceWork And Life BalanceDisarray Author:Sophie Kinsella
“Work-life balance was a mistake from the start. Because we don't really want balance. We want satisfaction.” WantMistakeBalanceSatisfactionWork Life BalanceLife BalanceWork And Life Balance Book:Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfact ion Source: Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfact ion
“Iran has, by virtue of its growth and by virtue of the United States' mistakes in Iraq, tilted the balance of power in the Middle East. That is the case, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is a threat.” MeanStatesGrowthUnitedMistakeCasesUnited StatesVirtueMiddleBalanceThreatIraqEastIranMiddle EastBalance Of Power Author:Trita Parsi
“A federal bailout would spare California from having to make spending cuts needed to bring its budget into balance. The matter has become urgent since California voters rejected several tax-hiking ballot initiatives. Rather than taking the vote as a signal to dramatically curtail spending, the state turned to the feds. If they get a free pass, the politicians can avoid fixing any of their past mistakes or preparing California for the future.” IfsMatterStatesPastMistakeCuttingNeededBalancePoliticianTaxesVoteSpendingBudgetsCaliforniaFedsVotersHikingInitiativeRejectedSparesPreparingSignalsUrgentFixingBallotsPast MistakesBailoutsSpending Cuts Author:Peter Schiff
“The enemies of liberty and our country should make no mistake: America remains engaged in the world by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom. We will defend our allies and our interests. We will show purpose without arrogance. We will meet aggression and bad faith with resolve and strength. And to all nations, we will speak for the values that gave our nation birth... an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm.” WorldShouldStillsCountryShowsAmericaPurposeValuesChoicesSpeakNationsInterestMistakeLibertyEnemyBirthBalanceAngelRemainsStormFavorsOur CountryEngagedArroganceResolveAlliesAggressionWhirlwindBalance Of Power Author:George W. Bush
“Business is all about learning to balance the short-term, medium-term and long-term and I think it's when things are going well it covers up a lot of mistakes and bad decisions because you're growing so quickly.” ThinkingWellsLongTermDecisionMistakeGrowingBalanceMediumsLong TermShort TermCover UpsBad Decision Author:Tony Hsieh
“We have made mistakes! We were too late. If we had presented our national interests more clearly from the beginning, the world would still be in balance today.” IfsWorldMadeStillsTodayInterestMistakeBalanceLateToo LateMade A MistakeNational Interests Author:Vladimir Putin
“Most of what we know we don't really know first hand. I've never seen a cancer cell. But I trust this community of experts who have, so I believe that cancer exists. But we trust these experts, and we trust that the experts have a system of checks and balances and self-correction. And we have to insist that experts have certain certifications. They're not perfect. Every once in awhile there's an engine falls off the wing of a plane, or a tax audit happens and you find out your expert made a mistake. But it's a pretty good system. It's the best system we've got.” BelieveFallI BelieveCommunityPerfectMistakeBalanceTaxesCancerNot PerfectMade A Mistake Author:Daniel Levitin
“The scientific method," Thomas Henry Huxley once wrote, "is nothing but the normal working of the human mind." That is to say, when the mind is working; that is to say further, when it is engaged in correcting its mistakes. Taking this point of view, we may conclude that science is not physics, biology, or chemistry — is not even a ”subject " — but a moral imperative drawn from a larger narrative whose purpose is to give perspective, balance, and humility to learning.” GivingMindHumansMayPurposeViewsMistakeMoralSubjectsHumilityPerspectiveBalanceNormalMethodPoint Of ViewPhysicsNarrativeEngagedBiologyHuman MindChemistryImperativesScientific MethodHuxley Author:Neil Postman
“I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.” MadeCountryAmericaMistakeHeardLandBalanceLifetimeLibertarianMade A MistakeConspiracy TheoryI Made A MistakeGreat Freedom Author:Albert Einstein