The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.
I've made lots of mistakes. Probably the worst one - I would say they tie. It's either when I didn't move fast enough on something, or I didn't take a big enough risk.
When I make a mistake once, it's usually not going to happen again.
It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.
Once you make that first mistake, it kind of clears up everything, and everything can come to you.
Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
The worst mistake you can make is underrating your enemy. Assuming that they're evil - I think it's a terrible thing to do.
There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.
A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.