#stake

There are certain things in life that you'll be forgiven for, no matter how thoughtless or stupid or reckless, but if you do that same thing twice, you're on your own. ↗

— Jennifer E. Smith

#mistakes #forgiveness

We make our discoveries through our mistakes: we watch one another's success: and where there is freedom to experiment there is hope to improve. ↗

— Arthur Quiller-Couch

#mistakes #experience

I pointed to a low bowl filled with what purported to be stew, but then Noah said, “Are you going to point, or are you going to eat?” “I just like to know what I’m putting in my mouth before I swallow.” Noah arched an eyebrow, and I wanted to crawl into a hole and die. ↗

— Michelle Hodkin

#mistaken #funny

Are you Darah, Renee or Taylor? You look like a Taylor to me," he said, looking me up and down. I wasn't at my best, considering I was dressed for moving heavy objects in a blue UMaine t-shirt and black soccer shorts, and I had my light brown hair in a haphazard bun against the back of my neck. His eyes raked up and down twice, and for some reason the way he assessed me made me blush and want to kick him in the balls at the same time. "There must be a mistake," I said. He adjusted his bag on his shoulder. "That's a creative name. What do you shorten it to? Missy? ↗

— Chelsea M. Cameron

#funny #hunter-zaccadelli #missy #my-favorite-mistake #taylor-and-hunter

The real purpose of the scientific method is to make sure nature hasn’t misled you into thinking you know something you actually don’t know. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#knowledge #mistake #nature #science #art

It’s not our mistakes that define us. It’s the lessons we learn that show our true character. ↗

— Cassia Leo

#lessons #mistakes #home

I’m not going to lecture you on the error of your ways. Not until you fetch me a podium and a microphone. I’ll also need a screen, a projector, and a laser pointer. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#errors #funny #humor #laser #lecture

It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes. ↗

— John C. Maxwell

#mistakes #wise #leadership

الندم هو صوت الفطرة لحظة الخطأ ↗

— مصطفى محمود

#mistake #regret #religion #life

But we all make mistakes. It’s how we fix them that makes us who we are. ↗

— Jessica Sorensen

#mistake #life