People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. ~Henry David Thoreau
To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken. ~Jarod Kintz
A spirit of suspicion is not the gift of discernment. ~R. Alan Woods
If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions. ~Tertullian
Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. ~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. ~Jonathan Swift
Positive (adj.): Mistaken at the top of one’s voice. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary
“I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being–forgive me–rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.” ~J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. ~Mahatma Gandhi
Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it. ~Salvador Dalí
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. ~Plato, The Republic
The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them. ~Orson Scott Card
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. ~George Soros
When you have faults, do not be afraid to abandon them. ~Confucius
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. ~Saint Augustine
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride. ~Sophocles
True remorse is never just a regret over consequence; it is a regret over motive. ~Mignon McLaughlin
And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction. ~Kurt Vonnegut
Facing it, always facing it, that’s the way to get through. Face it. ~Joseph Conrad
I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means – except by getting off his back. ~Leo Tolstoy
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage. ~Confucius
We made too many wrong mistakes. ~Yogi Berra
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. ~Confucius
Things refuse to be mismanaged for long. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
While you’re saving your face, you’re losing your ass. ~Lyndon B. Johnson