“Building your "dream life" is filled with things that can feel like the opposite of a dream: Mistakes Delays Starting over Failure The building part is actually more of a rebuilding that is a continual process. The building is not linear in nature but far more interesting. You might start a creative dream, take the "next step", and find yourself completely bored, dissatisfied, or just not inspired.” FeelsDreamMightLife IsNextProcessInterestingMistakeStepsCreativeBuildingOppositesFilledInspiredStartingBoredYour DreamsFinding YourselfDelayStarting OverLinearNext StepsDissatisfiedRebuilding Author:Sark
“The beauty of 'spacing' children many years apart lies in the fact that parents have time to learn the mistakes that were made with the older ones - which permits them to make exactly the opposite mistakes with the younger ones.” YearsChildrenMadeFactsLyingParentMistakeHumorousOppositesParentingPermitFunny ParentingFunny ParentSpacing Book:Leaving the Surface Source: Leaving the Surface
“Our great mistake in education is ... the worship of book-learning-the confusion of instruction and education. We strain the memory instead of cultivating the mind. ... We ought to follow exactly the opposite course with children-to give them a wholesome variety of mental food, and endeavour to cultivate their tastes, rather than to fill their minds with dry facts.” GivingMindChildrenBookFactsScienceCoursesMemoriesMistakeEducationOughtTasteWorshipOppositesConfusionVarietyDryInstructionStrainEndeavourCultivatingGreat MistakesBook Learning Author:John Lubbock
“General Napoleon says that 'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.' Well, I suggest doing the opposite: Interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Don't be opportunist; don't benefit from the weakness of your enemy! Be just even to your enemy! Try to find a way to defeat him without harming him; prove to be as intelligent as to find such a way! Only then, your victory will be meaningful and honourable!” WayTryingWellsMistakeEnemyVictoryProveBenefitsWeaknessOppositesIntelligentDefeatMeaningfulMaking MistakesOpportunist Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The mistake many people make when they go to a bespoke tailor is they often think they need to do something special - either an interesting design feature, or a particularly interesting or unique-looking cloth. I say do the opposite. Stick to something really simple, because this will be a suit that you will really want to wear, so start with something very straightforward and you will get an enormous amount of joy wearing it.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsJoySimpleInterestingMistakeSpecialDesignAmountUniqueOppositesSticksEnormousSuitsFeaturesStraightforwardSomething SpecialTailors Author:Patrick Grant
“Many investors make the mistake of buying high and selling low while the exact opposite is the right strategy to outperform over the long term.” LongTermMistakeLowsOppositesStrategySellingLong TermBuyingInvestors Author:John Paulson
“It's the opposite on a sitcom. People crave the character to not learn from their mistakes. They want to just see the situation, and then see how that character is going to react to that particular chaotic catastrophe. That's just my take on it, anyway. I don't really get too hung up on what the future of the show is.” PeopleWantCharacterShowsMistakeSituationParticularOppositesHungCatastropheCraveChaoticSitcom Author:Ty Burrell
“I also think regime change in Syria is a bad idea. And that's an ongoing question. It's one of the things I like about Donald Trump, one of the reasons I endorsed him is he thinks regime change is a mistake. But John Bolton thinks completely the opposite. They are diametric opposites.” ThinkingIdeasReasonMistakeTrumpOppositesRegimesSyriaOngoingBad IdeasRegime Change Author:Rand Paul
“I would rather commit a sin of commission than a sin of omission, and the evangelical community is exactly the opposite. The evangelical community would rather not do something wrong and the price they're willing to pay for not doing something wrong is they're willing to fail to do something right; they're so afraid of making a mistake. Now the reason they're afraid of making a mistake is they're cowards and our community produces cowards.” ReasonCommunitySinPayMistakeFailingProduceWillingOppositesCommitMaking MistakesCowardOur CommunityEvangelicalOmission Author:J.P. Moreland
“You would think, wouldn’t you, that if you were the child of a happy marriage, then you ought to have a better than average marriage yourself – either through some genetic inheritance or because you’d learnt from example? But it doesn’t seem to work like that. So perhaps you need the opposite example – to see mistakes in order not to make them yourself. Except this would mean that the best way for parents to ensure their children have happy marriages would be to have unhappy ones themselves. So what’s the answer?” IfsThinkingWayNeedsMeanChildrenSeemsWould BeOrderParentAnswersMistakeExampleOughtOppositesAverageUnhappyBest WayInheritanceHappy Marriage Author:Julian Barnes
“Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.” PersonsHopeInterestResultsNumbersMistakeSacrificeProduceExpectationsAdvantageOppositesInfinitePropertyAvariceDoubtfulGreat Future Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you?... The devil may try to use the hurts of life, and sometimes our own mistakes - to make you feel it is impossible that Jesus really loves you, is really cleaving to you. This is a danger for all of us. And so sad, because it is completely the opposite of what Jesus is really wanting, waiting to tell you. Not only that He loves you, but even more - He longs for you.” KnowsFeelsTryingHeartMayBookSometimesUseInspirationFaithJesusSpeakWaitingHurtMistakeImpossibleHeardLove YouDangerDevilOppositesSo SadCleavingLoving Words Author:Mother Teresa