Paula McLain Quotes

Every second a seeker can start over, For his life's mistakes Are initial drafts And not the final version.

My life is just a series of mistakes and regrets of varying degrees.

I just like stories about redemption about getting a second chance at life, I think everyone in the world has a few major mistakes they've made in there lives and if they could just go back and correct it... but, unfortunately they don't get a chance usually it's almost impossible.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.

There are no second chances in life, except to feel remorse.

It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.

You know we all make mistakes and we move on.

Life is supposed to be about love and good times, and so I've forgiven myself after paying the consequences of my bad decisions, and I'm ready to move forward and allow my life to be a light to others that it's never over, even for a person like me, who has lost a tremendous amount of respect among my peers, my fans, my friends and family.

A-tone-ment-its a chance to fix the unfixable and to start all over again. It begins when you forgive yourself for all you've done wrong, and forgive others for all they've done to you. Your mistakes aren't mistakes anymore, they're just things that make you stronger.

I realize I have made a lot of mistakes and done things wrong. I've done things I wish I could have done in another way. I didn't come in with the same kind of desperation that I may have had on the first or second record. I didn't come in thinking, 'Oh God, please. I hope this does well because I have nothing else and I worked so hard at this.'

Who has enough credit in this world to pay for his mistakes?

I left acting for 15 years, and I think it's really nice to have another life. I took too much for granted when I was younger. I didn't really want to be an actor. I didn't really love it. And so I made a lot of mistakes. Oddly, I care much more about it now. I feel like a complete novice.

Mistakes, mistakes, it's all I seem capable of at times.

You may in time of trouble think that you are not worth saving because you have made mistakes, big or little, and you think you are now lost. That is never true! Only repentance can heal what hurts. But repentancecan heal what hurts, no matter what it is.

If I have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over- only living with the mistakes you've made.

There are always things that I think I wish I could have done better.

You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the gods, but it was not given to women and men, and that was probably a good thing. Had it been otherwise, people would probably die of old age still trying to rewrite their teens.

I think everybody makes mistakes. People do things that they regret.

That's the thing about mistakes, you don't dwell on them.

One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow can only be displaced by somewhat better, and which is as free and original as if they had not been.

Everyone makes mistakes - mistakes are correctable.

Just because somebody makes a mistake doesn't make them useless.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

Even when you've made mistakes in life, you can still contribute and pick up the stuff and move on.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.