mistakes on Humiliation

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...

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,...

Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

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

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.

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

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.

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...

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

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

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.

Any fool can learn from his mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

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

Gracious God, sometimes I think that I can figure out all the consequences of my decisions. I can become overly impressed with what I perceive to be my strategic vision and analysis. Forgive me for my...

We know mistakes were made.

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

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

“My mistakes are my life.” How It Is

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...

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...

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

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;...

Today is Yesterday's Pupil.

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...

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...

If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake.

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...