#take

Poets have to be sensitive to their audience, but it does not mean that they censor themselves. I realise my audience is diverse. Some will read with empathy and curiosity while others will take offense. ↗

— John Barton

#censor #curiosity #diverse #does #empathy

Our lives are businesses that are sometimes run by idiots. ↗

— Patrick Reinken

#life-and-living #mistakes #stupidity #business

Nothing in this life will ever make sense to me but I can't help but try to collect the change and hope it's enough to pay for our mistakes. ↗

— Tahereh Mafi

#change

A lifetime isn't forever, so take the first chance, don't wait for the second one! Because sometimes, there aren't second chances! And if it turns out to be a mistake? So what! This is life! A whole bunch of mistakes! But if you never get a second chance at something you didn't take a first chance at? That's true failure. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#inspirational-life #inspirational-living #living-life-to-the-fullest #second-chances #take-the-first-chance

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command. ↗

— John Bolton

#american #because #chain #command #could

Mistakes and regret, desease and death...ain't recognized by mind that capable on changing them into otherwise. ↗

— Toba Beta

#desease #misconceptions #mistakes #regret #change

Don’t you think that I’ve been giving up? Don’t you think that I’ve been giving up?Change, I take the blame. ↗

— Tegan Quin

#sara-quin #tegan-and-sara #tegan-quin #change

But I’m not guilty,” said K. “there’s been a mistake. How is it even possible for someone to be guilty? We’re all human beings here, one like the other.” “That is true” said the priest “but that is how the guilty speak ↗

— Franz Kafka

#guilty #human #human-condition #life #mistakes

When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#life #mistakes #courage

Take care of him, Soteria. And remember it takes great courage and heart for a man who knows no kindness to show it to another. Even the wildest of beasts can be tamed by a patient and gentle hand. (Takeshi) ↗

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

#tory #courage