Quotes about Mistake

The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374).

The most dangerous mistake that our souls are capable of, is, to take the creature for God, and earth for heaven (374).

As one can hardly find any thing in a house where nothing keeps its place, but all is cast on a heap together; so it is in the heart where all things are in disorder, especially when darkness is added to this disorder: so that the hear t is like an obscure cave or dungeon, where there is but a little crevice of light, and a man must rather grope than see No wonder if men mistake in searching such a heat, sand so miscarry in judging of their estate (304).

Before transformation, sin is any kind of moral mistake; afterward, sin is a mistake about who you are and whose you are.

You cannot avoid sin or mistake anyway (Romans 5:12), but if you try too fervently, it often creates even worse problems.

The most common mistake Christians make in worship today is seeking an experience rather than seeking God.

It is a great mistake to think that God is chiefly concerned with our being religious.

errare humanum est, sed perseverare diabolicum: 'to err is human, but to persist (in the mistake) is diabolical.

I prefer to make a mistake because I am too kind than to perform miracles without any kindness.

Someone had blundered.

It has been said that sometimes the greatest hope in our lives is just a second chance to do what we should have done right in the first place.

I didn't think about its being wrong to go in and try on the brooch; but I see now that it was and I'll never do it again. That's one good thing about me. I never do the same naughty thing twice