mistakes on Perfection

Loving father, there are times when it feels like we never get it right. We compare ourselves to others and we don’t measure up. It seems like we can never get our act together and live up to the stan...

“If one wants to be active, one mustn’t be afraid to do something wrong sometimes, not afraid to lapse into some mistakes. To be good — many people think that they’ll achieve it by doing no harm — and...

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...

“It is a comfort not to be mistaken at all points."

“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.

To err isn’t human after all. To err is, cosmically speaking, an anomaly. That’s why we can’t bear the imperfection in ourselves and in others.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

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

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

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...

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

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...

Pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.

“Isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

Preaching Commentary Pastoral Letters Our text comes early in the pastoral letter of 1 Timothy, right after a brief welcome to the letter’s recipient and an exhortation to fight against the false t...

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...

Call to Confession The Apostle Paul reminds us in his letter to the Philippian church that God is still at work in us. If you feel you’ve made too many mistakes, remember that God will finish the go...

It is human to err, it is devilish to remain willfully in error.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

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

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.

“My mistakes are my life.” How It Is

We know mistakes were made.

Pastoral Letters Our text comes early in the pastoral letter of 1 Timothy, right after a brief welcome to the letter’s recipient and an exhortation to fight against the false teachers who have presum...

A person that never climbs will never fall.

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

“I should not like to be wrong,” said Poirot. “It is not—how do you say?—my métier.”

Today is Yesterday's Pupil.