Seneca the Younger Quotes

Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

We are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet.

Sometimes it's difficult to accept, to recognise one's own mistakes, but one must do it. I was guilty of overconfidence and arrogance, and I was punished for that.

The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.

We're always going to remind ourselves of our mistakes and how we do things differently, trying to be a better person or whatever.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

I believe sometimes I make some mistakes. And I don't think they are life-threatening mistakes.

The simple reality of life is that everyone is wrong on a regular basis. By confronting these inevitable errors, you allow yourself to make corrections before it is too late.

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, 'I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change.' Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so.

It does us no harm to look over our past shortcomings and plan to improve our characters and actions in the coming year

When we own up our mistakes some people interpret it as if we are wrong. They too commit mistakes.

I have many regrets and things I wish I could go back and change, but I have also worked hard and tried to improve myself.

You can't expect perfection. It is important to sort of acknowledge some of our imperfections. I write them down. There's something about acknowledging mistakes and being able to put them down on paper; they become facts of your life that you must live with. And then, hopefully, you can navigate the road a little bit better.

True atonement isn't the periodic shaving of karmic stubble via confessional; it requires deep, truthful change. It means doing the hardest thing of all: not making the same stupid mistake again.

I have not always behaved well. I can admit that. I get things wrong, I learn.

Me personally, I know I've made mistakes.

Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.

No one rises above who he or she has been without first having fallen down. The best time - in fact, the only time - to make a real change in your life is in the moment of seeing the need for it. He who hesitates always gets lost in the hundred reasons why tomorrow is a better day to get started.

First thing you have to do is say to yourself what can I bring to it, what can I do that's different or - and how can I make the country better? How can I improve it?

Who is going to cast out an error to which he has given birth and replace it with an adopted truth?

A step in the wrong direction is better than staying on the spot all our life. Once you're moving forward you can correct your course as you go. Your automatic guidance system cannot guide you when you're standing still.

No one is exempt from the rule that learning occurs through recognition of error.

The personal revolution is far more difficult, and is the first step in any revolution.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.