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We are built to make mistakes, coded for error.

To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is our strength in support of the freedom our forefathers loved which has saved mankind from subjection to totalitarian power.

We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do.

We tried to avoid, you know, records. We were told over and over that was probably the most serious mistake and the reason was the system would never catch on, because we didn't have records.

Not all intelligence can be artificial now, so if we make a mistake, the consequences are no longer simply located within an institution or a national culture.

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

People mistake their limitations for high standards.

If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

If we had had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make amends for them. To make a mistake is only an error in judgment, but to adhere to it when it is discovered shows infirmity of character.

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.

On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity.

It is so conceited and timid to be ashamed of one's mistakes. Of course they are mistakes. Go on to the next.

Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.

Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.

There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.