Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Faults

An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader

I have not hated the man, but his faults.
Martial (40–104) Ancient Roman Latin Poet

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader

Some faults are so closely allied to qualities that it is difficult to weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
Oliver Goldsmith (1730–74) Irish Novelist, Playwright, Poet

Men’s faults to themselves seldom appear.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.
James Russell Lowell (1819–91) American Poet, Critic

Endeavor to be always patient of the faults and imperfections of others; for thou hast many faults and imperfections of thine own that require forbearance. If thou art not able to make thyself that which thou wishest, how canst thou expect to mold another in conformity to thy will?
Thomas a Kempis (1379–1471) German Religious Priest, Writer

A man’s personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

He who overlooks a fault, invites the commission of another.
Publilius Syrus (fl.85–43 BCE) Syrian-born Roman Latin Writer

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65–8 BCE) Roman Poet

He who exhibits no faults is a fool or a hypocrite whom we should distrust.
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French Writer, Moralist

If we had no failings ourselves we should not take so much pleasure in finding out those of others.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer

If the best man’s faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.
Thomas Gray (1716–71) English Poet, Book Collector

We easily forget our faults when they are known only to ourselves.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer

To find fault, is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own.
Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer

What is tolerance?—it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly—that is the first law of nature.
Voltaire (1694–1778) French Philosopher, Author

They say best men are moulded out of faults, and, for the most, become much more the better for being a little bad!
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

A spirit to find fault is an enemy to your peace and comfort, and also to the happiness of those around you. It is the key to your destruction.
Unknown

When looking for faults use a mirror, not a telescope
Unknown

In the intercourse of life, we please more by our faults than by our good qualities.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer

The fault-finder—it is his nature’s plague to spy into abuses; and oft his jealousy shapes faults that are not.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained there were too many prehistoric toads in it.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
Confucius (551–479 BCE) Chinese Philosopher

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist

Every man should have a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer

Only the great can afford to have great defects.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) German Philosopher

We make a ladder of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher

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