Same Mistake Twice Quotes

“If people are not making mistakes, they are not trying new things. If they are making the same mistake twice, they are not learning new things!”

— Walter C. Wright

“If we start this up again, I'll never let you go. I wouldn't make the same mistake twice.”

— Marie Force

“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”

— Alexander Hamilton

“Mistakes and miscalculations are human and normal, and viewed in the long run they have not damaged the company. I do not mind taking responsibilty for every managerial decision I have made. But if a person who makes a mistake is branded and kicked off the seniority promotion escalator, he could lose his motivation for the rest of his business life and depreive the company of whaever good things he may have to offer later. If the casues of the mistake are clarified and made public, the person who made the mistake will not forget it and others will not make the same mistake. I tell our people Go ahead and do what you think is right. If you make a mistake, you will learn form it. Just don't make the same mistake twice.”

— Akio Morita

“You never make the same mistake twice. the second time you make it, it is no longer a mistake. it is a choice”

— Lauren Conrad

“What I'm primarily saying,' he says, 'is that this is a time for knowledge assimilation, not backstabbing. We learned a lesson, you and I. We personally grew. Gratitude for this growth is an appropriate response. Gratitude, and being careful never to make the same mistake twice.”

— George Saunders

“Every time he opens his mouth I have absolutely no idea what he's gonna say. He's the most honest person I've ever met. He's a quick study and rarely needs to make the same mistake twice. He really tries to learn, and does, and he makes me laugh, and the world's generally a lighter place when he's in my sight.”

— Ethan Hawke

“First rule of thievery,' Eli said, grinning, 'only run if you're not coming back.' ( ... ) 'First rule of thievery, never use the same entrance twice.' Miranda rolled her eyes. 'How many 'first rules' of thievery do you have?' 'When one mistake can mean your head on a pike, every rule's a first rule,' Eli said cheerfully.”

— Rachel Aaron

“Well, you played me, Rabbit. You played me, and it worked, and I'm not the kind of person to make the same mistake twice. Your whole life is a game, but you know what? I already have a life. Poker's nothing to me but a goddamn deck of cards.”

— Elle Lothlorien

“A mistake made once is an oversight. The same mistake made twice? An abberation. A blunder. But a third time?" Doktor Messerli shook her head. "Whatever's been done has been done to an end. Your will is at work. You beg a result. A repercussion. A precedent has been established. You will get what you want. And there's no need to seek out these mistakes. For now it is they who seek you.”

— Jill Alexander Essbaum

“The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.”

— Isaac Asimov

“Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.”

— Stephanie Perkins

“Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.”

— Akio Morita

“I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I don't want to tell myself it's over when it's not.”

— Jodi Picoult

“Lord, deliver me from the man who never makes a mistake, and also from the man who makes the same mistake twice.”

— William J. Mayo

“Florentino Ariza was left with the nagging suspicion that this was not her last word. He believed that when a woman says no, she is waiting to be urged before making her final decision, but with her he could not risk making the same mistake twice.”

— Gabriel Jose Garcia Marquez

“I haven't always acted or reacted in a way that made me proud, but I didn't make that same mistake twice, and I think that's what I love about adversity is that it always reminds me of what's really valuable in life.”

— Sandra Bullock

“Anne: "But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice".
Marilla: "I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones".”

— L.M. Montgomery

“Along the way, I've tried not to make the same mistake twice, to learn, to adapt, and to pray for the wisdom to make better choices in the future.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“Vectors never make the same mistake twice,That is why the warrior only risks his heart for something worthwhile.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Fear is a good thing. It teaches you not to make the same mistake twice. You counter it with knowledge.
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— Patricia Briggs

“If a man is both wise and lucky, he will not make the same mistake twice. But he will make any one of ten thousand brothers or cousins of the original.”

— Jesse Lauriston Livermore

“Mistakes don't scare me or bother me. If I feel like I made the same mistake twice, then I feel like I've really screwed up. But if I make one mistake and learn from it, hey, to me in the game of life it's just as important to know what doesn't work as what does. So I think mistakes are a good thing.”

— Garth Brooks

“Cats seldom make mistakes, and they never make the same mistake twice.”

— Carl Van Vechten

“I try to extract something positive from every situation, even if it's just learning not to make the same mistake twice.”

— Claudia Schiffer

“I could take the greatest deal-makers of all time and they've always had something that didn't quite work out. You never want to put yourself in the position where something not working out is bigger than what you are and therefore takes you down. It's got to be in smaller chunks. In all cases, I want to learn something from things that didn't quite work out and learn, so that it doesn't happen again or so that in the future, you make great decisions. You don't want to make the same mistake twice and you have to learn that early on in your life.”

— Donald Trump

“There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness.”

— George Horace Lorimer

“Don't ever make the same mistake twice unless it pays.”

— Mae West