Best Serious Mistakes Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.”

Would Be Mistake Serious Constitution Statesmen No Respect Serious Mistakes Tycoons

Author:Dan Quayle

“My philosophy is that all stocks are bad. There are no good stocks unless they go up in price. If they go down instead, you have to cut your losses fast Letting losses run is the most serious mistake made by most investors.”

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Author:William O'Neil

“Very serious mistakes were made by previous governments, and Greece was ready to be abandoned by its partners and to leave the eurozone, which would have created total catastrophe.”

Made Government Mistake Serious Ready Partners Abandoned Catastrophe Greece Eurozone Mistakes Were Made Serious Mistakes

Author:Antonis Samaras

“As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.”

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Author:Nadia Boulanger

“Living a life of service, rather than one of expression, is a serious mistake, because expressing who we really are is the greatest service we can perform.”

Mistake Serious Expression Serious Mistakes

Author:Kurt Hanks

“When we follow our hearts, we follow the path of lessons we were meant to take and gain knowledge from. Sometimes the heart conquers over reason, and this may lead us to making serious mistakes, but these are mistakes written for us to grow. This is the real reason you hear 'FOLLOW YOUR HEART'. And the real reason you hear, 'FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS' is because our dreams expose us to our true multidimensional realities outside of this delusional realm we call reality. Our TRUE reality can be found in our dreams, where we are our true multidimensional selves.”

“The defensive (or passive) investor will place chief emphasis on the avoidance of serious mistakes or losses. His second aim will be freedom from effort, annoyance, and the need for making frequent decisions.”

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Book:The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed

Source: The Intelligent Investor, Rev. Ed

“There are serious mistakes - among them the one saying that Jesus came as a messenger for other people other than the sons of Israel... Christianity is not a faith for people in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. Other people who are not sons of Israel have nothing to do with that religion... It is a mistake that another religion exists alongside Islam. There is only one religion which is Islam after Mohammed... All those believers who do not follow Islam are losers.”

People Jesus Mistake Christianity Serious Son Europe Islam Israel Believer Loser Asia Messengers Serious Mistakes

Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi

“Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake.”

World Would Be Mistake Land Serious Consequence Threat Indifference Fanaticism Serious Mistakes

Author:Elie Wiesel

“Non-co-operators will make a serious mistake if they seek to convert people to their creed by violence.”

People Ifs Mistake Violence Serious Creeds Operators Serious Mistakes

Book:Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace

Source: Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace

“It is a serious mistake to judge God within the narrow limits of our own understanding and abilities.”

Understanding Ability Mistake Serious Judging Limits Serious Mistakes

Author:Sterling W Sill

“You don't need to compromise your standards to be accepted by good friends. The more obedient you arethe more the Lord can help you overcome temptation. You can also help others because they will feel your strength. Let them know about your standards by consistently living themNo one intends to make serious mistakes. They come when you compromise your standards to be more accepted by others. You be the strong one. You be the leader. Choose good friends and resist peer pressure together.”

“Investing is not nearly as difficult as it looks. Successful investing involves doing a few things right and avoiding serious mistakes.”

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Author:John C. Bogle

“I would much rather be found guilty of making a serious mistake in judgment, than to be accused of being even a little bit insincere.”

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Author:John Quincy Adams

“You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years, and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes.”

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Author:Mikhail Prokhorov

“German history is full of serious mistakes pertaining to premature personnel decisions.”

Decision Mistake Serious Premature Personnel German History Serious Mistakes

Author:Horst Seehofer

“I would not use American ground forces in Syria. I think that would be a very serious mistake. I don't think American troops should be holding territory, which is what they would have to do as an occupying force. I don't think that is a smart strategy.”

Thinking Should Use Would Be Force Mistake Serious Smart Strategy Territory Troops Syria American Troops Serious Mistakes

Author:Hillary Clinton

“The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.”

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Author:Nelson Mandela

“The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.”

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Author:Peter Drucker

“The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.”

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Book:Clear and Present Danger

Source: Clear and Present Danger

“If you're going to go increase taxes on small businesses, you're going to slow down the extent to which we're able to reduce unemployment. So I think it's a serious mistake; the wrong time to raise taxes.”

Ifs Thinking Able Mistake Serious Taxes Increase Raises Unemployment Slow Down Small Business Wrong Time Serious Mistakes

Author:Dick Cheney

“I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.”

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Author:Jurgen Habermas

“My father made with me one serious mistake which I see parents about me making. He got himself somehow into the awkward position of an authority; I thought he knew and was right on everything - for a while.”

Made Father Parent Mistake Position Serious Authority Awkward Serious Mistakes

Book:The World of Lincoln Steffens

Source: The World of Lincoln Steffens

“Too much pessimism has led too many men into making serious mistakes. And perhaps part of our pessimism comes because we are too close to ourselves to see in proper perspective.”

Men Mistake Too Much Serious Perspective Pessimism Serious Mistakes

Author:Richard L. Evans

“Even Johannes Kepler, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, and Albert Einstein made serious mistakes. But the scientific enterprise arranges things so that teamwork prevails: What one of us, even the most brilliant among us, misses, another of us, even someone much less celebrated and capable, may detect and rectify.”

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Author:Carl Sagan

“Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and in their posture because this word is synonymous with good taste, amiability, equilibrium and harmony.”

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Author:Paulo Coelho

“No one intends to make serious mistakes. They come when you compromise your standards to be more accepted by others. You be the strong one. You be the leader. Choose good friends and resist peer pressure together.”

Together Strong Mistake Leader Serious Standards Pressure Accepted Compromise Good Friend Peers Peer Pressure Serious Mistakes

Author:Richard G. Scott

“Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it...If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, there is always another chance for you. And supposing you have tried and failed again and again, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

“We rarely recognize how wonderful it is that a person can traverse an entire lifetime without making a single really serious mistake — like putting a fork in one's eye or using a window instead of a door.”

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Book:Society Of Mind

Source: Society Of Mind

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