Errare Est Quotes & Sayings

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.
[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.] — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Researchers determined that a variety of forces affected the lack of change. First, the people in the community had been socialized not to disagree publicly, so it was hard to have a meaningful discussion. Second, in the past, any suggestions of change had been met with strong private criticism, so people were hesitant to bring creative ideas to the table. Finally, there was such a strong tradition of individualism in the community that members could not openly discuss problems, because they did not believe in collective effort as a way to solve problems. (Hibbard, 1986) — Paul Mattessich

Stay in shape. And remember, daily exercise is a must. Plan for it, and do it. The rewards will be well worth it. — Jack LaLanne

Errare humanum est, sed perseverare diabolicum: 'to err is human, but to persist (in the mistake) is diabolical. — Seneca.

I am a person of action. If I see I can bring a positive change, I will go for it, never mind that something might be hard to achieve. — Dalia Grybauskaite

I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man. — Justin Timberlake

Your work isn't just to learn and say the lines. Your work is to figure out what the chatter in your brain is, that's going on under the lines. It doesn't matter whether you're speaking or not speaking because your mind is working the way your character's mind would work. — Sarah Wayne Callies

There's a lot of books out there about how you lead change in business, but I've certainly not seen any ... on how you do that in public institutions. — Robert M. Gates

I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one. — Thomas Lynch

The basic stupidity of modern Japan is that we've learned absolutely nothing from our contact with other Asian peoples. — Haruki Murakami

Modern dynamical systems theory has a relatively short history. It begins with Poincare (of course) ... [to whom] a global understanding of the gross behavior of all solutions of the system was more important than the local behavior of particular, analytically-precise solutions. — Robert L. Devaney