Mistaken Quotes

“In order to share one's true brilliance one initially has to risk looking like a fool: genius is like a wheel that spins so fast, it at first glance appears to be sitting still.”
― Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

“To an untrained eye, need and love were as easily mistaken for each other as the real master's painting and a forgery.”
― Deb Caletti, Honey, Baby, Sweetheart

“I pointed to a low bowl filled with what purported to be stew, but then Noah said, “Are you going
to point, or are you going to eat?”
“I just like to know what I’m putting in my mouth before I swallow.”
Noah arched an eyebrow, and I wanted to crawl into a hole and die.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

“Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“I was mistaken
when I said you
live in my heart.
How absurd I was
when you live in my
fingertips so that everything
I touch is you. How foolish
I was when you live in my toes
so that everywhere I go there's you.
How senseless of me to say
you live in my heart
when you breathe in my lungs,
walk on my mind, and
drink in my mouth. I came to
pen another poem for you,
but even every unwritten poem
is you.”
― Kamand Kojouri

“You must let other people to challenge your truths; you must let them to question your faith and the reason for this is very simple: Your truths might be very wrong; your faith might be very mistaken. Don’t be a castle; you need bridges surrounding you, not walls! And remember that walls belong only to cowards!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Through even perhaps no one's making but their own, there are people out there who don't at all feel themselves designed for other people because they're seldom understood; howbeit not in some rebellious, angsty way - just really, gravely mistaken.”
― Criss Jami

“Life is a long failure of understanding, a long, mistaken shutting of the heart.”
― Patricia Highsmith, Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith

“Intelligence without wisdom is nothing more than stupidity that looks smart.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If there’s one thing that’s irrefutably absurd, it’s believing that we can separate intelligence from wisdom and still have it be intelligence.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The presence of a path doesn’t necessarily mean the existence of a destination.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“One of the greatest lies is to believe that we don’t have value. One of the greatest mistakes is to act on that belief. And the greatest liberation is found in looking at the cross of Christ and realizing the enormity of the lie.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“One of the most dangerous things in life is to live in the worship of something that we don’t even realize we’re worshipping.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I have diligently disciplined my life to search out life’s gifts in the very places where society mistakenly says life stores its scraps. And I am constantly amazed that in the treasure trove that surrounds me, I stand in the company of so few.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“If we fail to instill a fixed sense of confidence in our children, we will raise handicapped children who have no handicap other than the conviction that they believe they do.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The fear of getting knocked down is less about the pain of the fall and more about the embarrassment in having fallen. And so, to rid myself of the latter is to reduce my concern about the former, which means I just unleashed my life.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Far too often we miss life by doing something that we call ‘life.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“I remember you,' says the door. 'My prince's lady.'

'You're mistaken,' I say.

'Seldom.' The door swings open with a slight creak that indicates disuse. 'Hail and welcome.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Anger - justifiable anger in the face of oppression and prejudice - should not be mistaken for hatred.”
― Christina Engela

“Far too often the ‘things’ that men define as success do little more than successfully destroy the lives of the very men who achieve those ‘things.’ And while I must admit that there is an authentic element of success in all of that, it’s the kind of success that I would much prefer to successfully avoid.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“When we access ourselves wrongly, we are mistaken about our abilities”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The worst testimony is to force a respectful message, given by one person who never wanted attention, in that way.”
― Petra Hermans

“It is not about taking a chance, or advance. No. It is about understanding what it was All, about. Yes.”
― Petra Hermans

“Our thoughts of today might be proven wrong for tomorrow! Always be ready to accept that you can be mistaken!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“I always feel a prestigious similarity between Mother and God, that is love and forgiveness, whenever you have difficulties or are mistaken.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“The greatest part of God growing us is His need to work against the growth that we have mistaken for growth.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“At times,the humanity you choose to show will be mistaken too.”
― jaanaky vigneswaran

“Violet! Hand wraps not yet tied off, he hurried to the door just as she rushed into the room. She paused and looked faintly appalled when she saw him. The initial burst of joy he felt turned to caution. Shirtless in breeches and boots, his usual costume for bare-knuckle brawling matches that he had taken to wearing while exercising, he understood how he must look to her. Beastly and unrefined. His true nature.”
― Harper St. George, The Devil and the Heiress

“The common thread of my life has been my mistaken perception of people and myself.”
― Yasmine Millett, The Erotic Notebooks

“Dear Life,

I am always prepared for the Worst; leaving no space for sorrow surprises!

Mistakenly Yours,
Somya Kedia”
― Somya Kedia