#mis

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. ↗

— Simone Weil

#anything #because #being #concluding #contrary

And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake. ↗

— Sanford I. Weill

#bigger #bury #corrected #fatal #get

I am here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife, Huma. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#am #apologize #apology #caused #constituents

I have made terrible mistakes that have hurt the people that I cared about the most, and I am terribly sorry. I am deeply ashamed of my terrible judgment and my actions. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#actions #am #ashamed #cared #deeply

We always make the mistake in the United States of America in Democratic or Republican administrations alike is we tend to embrace the despot that's least troublesome to us. That should not be the way we view things. ↗

— Anthony Weiner

#always #america #democratic #despot #embrace

This golf course, you miss a shot a little bit off-line, it's going to bite you. ↗

— Mike Weir

#bite #course #going #golf #golf course

I've learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success. ↗

— Jack Welch

#i #learned #mistakes #often #success

Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become a writer. He also, in a way, gave me permission to write about northern Montana. ↗

— James Welch

#also #anyone #become #bit #could

The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each tribe has a community college now, and they teach the language, they teach the traditions. ↗

— James Welch

#college #community #community college #doing #each

Even in the best of lives, mistakes are made. ↗

— Joseph J. Ellis

#even #lives #made #mistakes