William Shatner Quotes

One should never learn from one's mistakes. Making the same mistakes, over and over again, is a source of unremitting pleasure.

We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.

I'm a good person, but with many defects.

I don't always like my own behavior. I haven't known anyone who is perfect all the time.

Maybe sometimes I have been wrong with some movies. Anyway, I try to do my best.

Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.

I suppose I have very undesirable traits. I am very critical, which is very undesirable. But it is good from a business point of view.

I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism.

I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler.

Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found.

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.

I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for improving myself in many ways, including everyday tasks.

I have to be careful not to be too proud in life, because there is always room for improvement.

This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

After I was really unhappy and unhealthy, I think it dawned on me to stop doing the unhappy, unhealthy things.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

When I was younger, I remember thinking, 'I have to pass this mark' or 'I have to get this role' or 'I have to do this or that' and then that will mean I have accomplished something. But life is actually all about the process and not about the goals.

Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.

I could be less impatient with people. I sometimes judge by impressions.

All of us need to grow continuously in our lives.

I've made more mistakes than anyone I know. Sometimes I learned something, and sometimes I just find myself doing it again. It makes me mad when I wasn't smart enough to learn the first time. You just think it's going to be different the next time, and it's not, as it turns out.

Apart from writing books, my 40s have been about pursuing personal growth. Whatever were the mistakes of my earlier life, I've been committed to a pause, a regroup. I don't want to make the same mistakes in the future.

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.