#stake

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq. ↗

— Robert Byrd

#billions #comfort #continue #dollars #give

If you go to a game nervous, you make a mistake. ↗

— Miguel Cabrera

#go #make #mistake #nervous #you

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. ↗

— William E. Gladstone

#ever #except #good #great #great mistakes

Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much. ↗

— Joan Collins

#i #made #me #mistake #much

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. ↗

— John Churton Collins

#feel #feeling #half #life #mistakes

I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken. ↗

— Oliver Cromwell

#christ #i #may #mistaken #possible

Demand is best measured in terms of spending. You know, I think in traditional economics, it's a mistake to measure it in terms of the quantity of goods. ↗

— Ray Dalio

#demand #economics #goods #i #i think

Always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter. Walt Disney Every decision you make is a mistake. ↗

— Edward Dahlberg

#am #complex #decision #disney #enough

Love is simple. You fall and that's it. You'll work the other stuff out. You just gotta let yourself fall and have faith that someone will be there to catch you." I didn't want to do any falling. Falling usually led to meeting a hard surface in an unpleasant way. ↗

— Chelsea M. Cameron

#falling-in-love #love #my-favorite-mistake #taylor-caldwell #faith

I'd learned enough from life's experiences to understand that destiny's interventions can sometimes be read as invitation for us to address and even surmount our biggest fears. It doesn't take a great genius to recognize that when you are pushed by circumstance to do the one thing you have always most specifically loathed and feared, this can be, at the very least, an interesting growth opportunity. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#intervention #invitation #learning #mistakes #experience