D. J. MacHale Quotes

Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things.

I learned that I'm not young enough to think I know everything. Honestly. I think you hit a certain point in life where you expect that you have so much to learn, and you may think that you've arrived, but you have kind of just begun.

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

I make mistakes like anybody else, I will make mistakes. And you have to reflect on it, and you have to listen to people. That is the key.

No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

I’ve learned to recognize my failings and seek opportunities for redemption.

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

I'm still growing, still learning. I'm still open and vulnerable enough to know there's much more to be taught to me and learned by me. I hope I don't reach my pinnacle on this earth where I think I know it all.

It's not a weakness to admit that you're wrong.

Each day, we have the opportunity to learn something new, apologize for our mistakes, and become better.

I've learned a lot. Being more compassionate.

I had people put my feet on the ground for me and say, 'No, you don't know everything, and you need to learn this and this and this,' and it took me time to realize that.

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and not having all the answers, so long as we are willing to admit this and strive for personal betterment. Those who think they know it all have no way of finding out that they don't.

Everybody has seen that I make mistakes. Every single album I have ever made is about love. But I am not going to give up. I have to look at what I do wrong. I rush in, I get swept up, I ignore the signs. But so many of us are guilty of these things. Each time it goes wrong, it's hard. I get really hurt but I have to let myself go: 'What did I do? What can I learn?' And as hard and as hurtful as things get, I want to believe I will be able to go one step higher. I've got to hope that if I keep going I will eventually get it right.

The balance between confidence and humility is best learned through extensive experience and mistakes.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.

I have lived a long time, and one thing I have come to see is that one is well served by a degree of both humility and charity when judging the inner workings of another person's heart

So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others.

Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.