Best shame & mistake Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“It is a mistake to think of these men as visionary dreamers, playing around at Philadelphia with abstract conceptions of political theory, pulling a whole scheme of government out of the air like a rabbit out of a hat. True, many of them had read and studied enough about the science of politics to put the average statesman of today to shame. But political science was to them an extremely practical topic of discussion, dealing with the extremely practical business of running a government--not, as today, a branch of higher learning reserved for the use of graduate students.”

Source: 55 Men, Story of Constitution

“Let us consider how great a commodity of doctrine exists in books; how easily, how secretly, how safely they expose the nakedness of human ignorance without putting it to shame. These are the masters who instruct us without rods and ferules, without hard words and anger, without clothes or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; if investigating you interrogate them, they conceal nothing; if you mistake them, they never grumble; if you are ignorant, they cannot laugh at you.”

Ifs Humans Book Hard Mistake Laughing Ignorance Masters Approach Clothes Shame Doctrine Ignorant Instruction Commodity Investigating Hard Words

Book:Philobiblon: A Treatise on the Love of Books

Source: Philobiblon: A Treatise on the Love of Books

“To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.”

Mistake Source Pride Shame Recognizing My Mistakes Being Wrong

Book:Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve

Source: Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve

“We're often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting mistakes.”

Want Mistake Shadow Shame Embarrassment Admitting

Author:Marianne Williamson

“As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame but for learning”

Wells Long Matter Mistake Shame

Book:Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes

Source: Beyond Measure: The Big Impact of Small Changes

“We must never mistake the process for the result...there is suffering; but this is only the process. God isn't going to stop with the process; He wants to produce the final result. Suffering leads to glory; shame leads to honor; weakness leads to power. This is God's way of doing things.”

Way Want Suffering Process Results Mistake Produce Honor Glory Weakness Shame Finals

Author:Warren W. Wiersbe

“Chris Davis [of the Davisfunds] has a temple of shame. He celebrates the things they did that lost them a lot of money. What is also needed is a temple of shame squared for things you didn't do that would have made you rich. Forgetting your mistakes is a terrible error if you are trying to improve your cognition. Reality doesn't remind you. Why not celebrate stupidities in both categories?”

Ifs Trying Made Reality Lost Forget Mistake Rich Needed Terrible Shame Errors Stupidity Celebrate Temples Why Not Categories Lots Of Money Forget You Cognition

Author:Charlie Munger

“I write a lot and I will have some originals on the record. I think it is a mistake for an artist like me to think I am a better writer than Cole Porter. I think it is important to realize what my strengths are. I do like to write and I'm not shabby but I don't think I'm the most brilliant writer. I think it would be a shame and sort so egotistical to say I don't need these wonderful writers. These men created works of art and wrote hundreds of beautiful songs. It would be a mistake for me to say at this point in my career that I am so good.”

Thinking Men Needs Writing Art Important Would Be Beautiful Artist Song Realizing Mistake Careers Records Wonderful Shame Originals Brilliant Like Me Works Of Art Egotistical Shabby

Author:Michael Buble

“Guilt: I'm sorry. I made a mistake. Shame: I'm sorry. I am a mistake.”

Made Mistake Shame Guilt Made A Mistake I Made A Mistake

Author:Brené Brown

“"OK, well everyone makes a mistake, right?" But then when you think it probably happened again that's when you think: "Shame on you once and shame on me twice, or however that saying goes." But everyone's been down that road. It's not about the little things anymore, but the major things that tell you if you don't move on at that point then I'm a fool.”

Thinking Moving Mistake Fool Shame Little Things

Author:Michelle Monaghan

“Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.”

Source: Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve

“The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone.”

Feels Matter Choices Mistake Bases Shame Humiliation Ignominy

Author:Milan Kundera

“In the middle of the night, things well up from the past that are not always cause for rejoicing--the unsolved, the painful encounters, the mistakes, the reasons for shame or woe. But all, good or bad, give me food for thought, food to grow on.”

Giving Wells Reason Past Night Grows Causes Mistake Middle Give Me Shame Painful Optimistic Encounters Rejoice Woe Middle Of The Night

Book:At Seventy: A Journal

Source: At Seventy: A Journal

“There is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will soften and bend and change its form... Trust me on this one. I know this from personal experience. I hope that you never will, but, since you're a person, and therefore prone to making horrible, soul-splitting mistakes, you probably will one day know what this kind of guilt and shame feels like. And when that time comes, I hope you have the strength...to take advantage of the fire and reshape your own sword.”

Knows Feels Kind Persons Soul Pain Form Certain Mistake Fire One Day Advantage Shame Guilt Rage Horrible Strongest Trust Me Personal Experiences Splitting

Author:Adam Gidwitz

“No one starts as a self-hater. But rack up all of your mistakes and take a large enough number of wrong turns in life and soon you stop trying to forgive yourself. Everywhere you look you find shame or failure staring back.”

Trying Looks Self Enough Turns Numbers Mistake Shame Forgiving Staring Stop Trying Forgive Yourself Racks Wrong Turn

Author:André Aciman

“It'd be a shame to stop now that I've started to make really good mistakes”

Mistake Shame Good Mistake

Author:Sara Bareilles

“When blame inevitably arises, the most senior people in the room should repeat this mantra: if a mistake happens, shame on us for making it so easy to make that mistake.”

People Ifs Should Happens Easy Rooms Mistake Shame Blame Arise Repeats Senior Mantras Mistakes Happen

Book:The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Source: The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

“Have the courage to be exactly who you are without apology. Admit your mistakes without beating yourself up. Release all shame! Release all guilt! You cannot live if you are hiding behind what was. Focus on what is, right now, and that is you!”

Ifs Behinds Mistake Focus Right Now Shame Who You Are Guilt Release Hiding Apology Beating Yourself Beating Yourself Up

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“Guilt says I've done something wrong; ... shame says there is something wrong with me. Guilt says I've made a mistake; ... shame says I am a mistake. Guilt says what did was not good; ... shame says I am no good.”

Made Done Mistake Shame Guilt Umpires Made A Mistake

Book:Bradshaw On--The Family: A Revolutionary Way of Self-Discovery

Source: Bradshaw On--The Family: A Revolutionary Way of Self-Discovery

“There should be no shame in admitting to a mistake; after all, we really are only admitting that we are now wiser than we once were.”

Should Mistake Shame Wiser Admitting

Author:Greg McKeown

“At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic.”

People Ifs Want Made Bigs Happens Mistake Careers Risk Stage Shame Decades Tragic One Time Saying Yes Big Mistake Calculated Risk

Author:Renee Fleming

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