Quote by James Gordon Bennett

I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one.

I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claimi

Summary

This quote signifies the speaker's acknowledgement of their fallibility and past errors. They assert that while they have made mistakes throughout their life, they have always been honest about their flaws and never attempted to deny or cover up their wrongdoings. It reflects their humility and integrity in admitting their imperfections while emphasizing their commitment to self-awareness and personal growth.

Topics

Mistakes

By James Gordon Bennett

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achieve

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

W. Clement Stone

Success

She wished such words unsaid with all her heart

She wished such words unsaid with all her heart

Words

Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call y

Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields -- discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West -- superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.

Women

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.

George Harrison

Birthday

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Always be a poet, even in prose.

Charles Baudelaire

Poetry

Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowaday

Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a distinct sign of provincialism of temperament. Upon the other hand they go on.

Sunshine

I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and i

I guessed life was like that. You gained and you lost, and if you saved anything from the ruins, even if only a shred of self-respect, it was enough to take you through the next bit.

Life Endurance Self Respect

We live in the time where we have fictitious election result

We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.

War

I think He made one law of that kind in order that there mig

I think He made one law of that kind in order that there might be obedience. In all these other matters what you call obeying Him is but doing what seems good in your eyes also. Is love content with that? You do them, indeed, because they are His will, but not only because they are his will. Where can you taste the joy of obeying unless he bids you do something for which His bidding is the reason?

Free Will

Belief is the death of intelligence.

Belief is the death of intelligence.

Robert Anton Wilson

Death

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vege

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Life Food

You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out th

You have got to believe in yourself every time you go out there and race. If you have no faith in your ability all that training has been a waste of time.

Faith