In all the work we do, our most valuable asset can be the attitude of self-examination. It is forgivable to make mistakes, but to stand fast behind a wall of self-righteousness and make the same mistake twice is not forgivable.

Quote by Dale E Turner

Topics: Mistakes Quotes, Work Quotes

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It...

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error...

Some of the best lessons we ever learn are learned from past mistakes. The error...

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities...

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities...

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make...

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make...

The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried...

The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried...

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities...

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities...

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make...

It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and mistakes and make...

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls,...

Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls,...

The happiness of too many days is often destroyed by trying to accomplish too much...

The happiness of too many days is often destroyed by trying to accomplish too much...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and...

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man...

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't...

It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life...

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life...

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is...

The happiness of the creature consists in rejoicing in God, by which also God is...

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment...

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment...

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all...

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all...