mistakes on Embarassment

To be told we are wrong is sometimes an embarrassment, even a humiliation. We want to run and hide our heads in shame. But there are times when finding out we are wrong is sudden and immediate relief,...

At eighteen, a self-assured Benjamin Franklin returned to Boston, the city he had fled just seven months earlier. Dressed in a fine new suit, with a watch on his wrist and a pocket full of coins, he p...

In South Florida several years ago, there was a skywriter who occasionally spelled out happy messages about God—things like “God loves you.” Often, on a clear morning, you could step out and see the p...

Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying… that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.

We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.

We readily confess our little faults in order to suggest that we have no big ones.

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.

A man is being tailgated by a woman who is in a hurry. He comes to an intersection, and when the light turns yellow, he hits the brakes. The woman behind him goes ballistic. She honks her horn at him;...

We know mistakes were made.

A professional carpet-layer stepped back to admire his customary flawless work. While surveying the installed carpet, he reached into his shirt pocket for a cigarette and realized the pack was missing....

An American woman visiting the Philippines, observed an elderly woman on the outskirts of Manila. She looked poverty-stricken and walked with the help of a cane down into a ditch alongside a main road...

Computers give rise to many amusing salutations that could also offend. Humorous examples include the legendary Mr. Obe, a fine old West African name that didn’t happen to belong to the recipient (OBE...

A traveler, between flights at an airport, went to a lounge and bought a small package of cookies. Then she sat down and began reading a newspaper. Gradually, she became aware of a rustling noise. Fro...

Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth.

It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I’m right.

Mistakes were made in communicating to the public and customers about the ingredients in our French fries and hash browns.

"A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."

A stumble may prevent a fall.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

Once you have missed the first buttonhole you’ll never manage to button up.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive ner...

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Prayer of Adoration Gracious God – our Father: Sufficient and sovereign, yet, compassionate and kind; You tell us the truth while the world lies to us; You give us light and hope, while all around u...

Mistakes were quite possibly made by the administrations in which I served.

When people fail, we are inclined to find fault with them, but if you look more closely, you will find that God had some particular truth for them to learn, which the trouble they are in is to teach t...

One of the reasons failure can be so crushing is that we set goals of success, instead of improvement and learning.

Help me, I pray, to be someone who tells the truth, even when that truth has to do with my mistakes, my sins. Help me see myself and my actions clearly. Give me the courage to admit when I’ve done wro...

Shortly after I got my first driver’s license, I also got my first ticket. I was driving 15 miles over the posted 25 miles per hour speed limit and a motorcycle cop caught me red handed. I was upset a...