#fault

I must work hard to make my singing above reproach; there must be no faults which hard work would take care of. ↗

— Kate Smith

#care #faults #hard #hard work #i

You should examine yourself daily. If you find faults, you should correct them. When you find none, you should try even harder. ↗

— Xi Zhi

#daily #even #examine #faults #find

Life has taught me that it is not for our faults that we are disliked and even hated, but for our qualities. ↗

— Bernard Berenson

#even #faults #hated #life #me

Anyone who wants to run has to be a Jimmy Swaggart, minus the default. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#default #jimmy #minus #run #wants

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault. ↗

— Ty Cobb

#bag #base #baseman #belonged #business

If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#disappear #face #fault #globe #go

People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#believe #charms #contemplating #faults #flatter

Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business, after all. So I looked him over as Patrick acknowledged for the thousandth time his ball-lessness etc. and soon it was a staring contest. After a while the boy smiled, and then finally his blue eyes glanced away. When he looked back at me, I flicked my eyebrows up to say, I win. ↗

— John Green

#tfios #the-fault-in-our-stars #business

It's especially hard to admit that you made a mistake to your parents, because, of course, you know so much more than they do. ↗

— Sean Covey

#children #funny #parents #funny

He was marked out by his relentless ability to find fault with others' mediocrity--suggesting that a certain type of intelligence may be at heart nothing more or less than a superior capacity for dissatisfaction. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#fault-finding #intelligence #mediocrity #intelligence