“Sometimes all that saves me is being willing to make mistakes. There are projects that strike me as so beautiful, important, complicated, or just plain big, that they convince me of my own inadequacy. This awful state of reverence leads to paralyzing brain freeze. At times like that the only way out is for me to decide, 'To hell with it. I can't do it right, so I'll do it wrong. I can't do it well, but I can do it badly.' Sometimes, with luck, while I'm sweating to do it wrong, I stumble on a right way.” WayWellsI CanImportantSometimesStatesBigsBeautifulCan DoMy OwnMistakeBrainHellWillingProjectsLuckComplicatedStrikesAwfulConvinceMaking MistakesReverenceRight WayFreezeI Can Do ItSave MeInadequacySweating Author:Katherine Dunn
“Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel foolish about, it means God still lives in you enough to tell you that they were indeed foolish. By mistakes you know you are alive.” KnowsFeelsWritingMeanStillsEnoughBeautifulSimpleMistakeAliveSakeFoolishDivinityLive ByAssertionTheologicalStill Life Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I love people who make mistakes. That's why I'm in the teaching business. I love people who make mistakes because I enjoy watching them learn and helping them, assisting them. I find it a beautiful process.” PeopleHelpingBeautifulProcessEnjoyMistakeTeachingBuddhismMaking MistakesRamaAssisting Author:Frederick Lenz
“A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be to mention his mistress, if she is beautiful, to his wife.” IfsBeautifulMistakeGreaterWifeHusbandCommitVirtuousMistressBlundersShe Is Beautiful Author:Honore de Balzac
“It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR. I think it's a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is.” IfsThinkingLooksCountryHumorWould BeBeautifulPoliticalMistakeDeterminationUrgesHelpfulPolitical HumorAnwr Author:George W. Bush
“If [being confident stems from] a self-esteem issue, it's important to embrace the things you might define as so-called imperfections - because something that you might call an imperfection, someone else might find so amazing and so beautiful. It's all in how you embrace yourself, your faults, and your mistakes in life. There's no better way to learn and become a better person than to go through those moments.” IfsWayPersonsImportantSelfMomentsMightBeautifulMistakeIssuesSelf EsteemEmbraceFaultsEsteemImperfectionStemBetter WaysBetter PersonBe ConfidentLife MistakesEmbrace YourselfSelf Esteem Issues Author:John Slattery