The incompetent with nothing to do can still make a mess of it. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: mistakes incompetence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Laurence J. Peter Laurence Johnston Peter (September 16, 1919 – January 12, 1990) was a Canadian educator and "hierarchiologist" who is best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter principle.
More quotations from Laurence J. Peter Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: memory innovation creativity forgetting originality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: humor personality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: politics humor democracy anger blame Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: humility embarassment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email "There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: decisions stigma Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: memory innovation creativity forgetting originality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk? —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: humor personality Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: politics humor democracy anger blame Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: humility embarassment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
"There is no stigma attached to recognizing a bad decision in time to install a better one. —Laurence J. Peter More about this quote Tags: decisions stigma Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “mistakes” Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much. —Benjamin Jowett More about this quote Tags: love life mistakes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I’m human and every human makes mistakes. It’s just up to the person who made that mistake to let it rule their lives or put it behind them and go on. —Amanda Heath in This Beautiful Thing More about this quote Tags: humanity mistakes memory moving on Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice. —Stephanie Perkins in Lola and the Boy Next Door More about this quote Tags: learning mistakes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all. —Peter McWilliams More about this quote Tags: fear mistakes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I have to live with my mistakes, but I don’t have to regret them. I regret my actions but I can’t regret the consequences. We all make our own paths in life. Everyone we meet, everything we do, it changes us. It makes us who we are. And, if we’re lucky, we’re given the chance to make things right again. —Karina Halle in Sins & Needles More about this quote Tags: mistakes memory regret consequences Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much. —Benjamin Jowett More about this quote Tags: love life mistakes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I’m human and every human makes mistakes. It’s just up to the person who made that mistake to let it rule their lives or put it behind them and go on. —Amanda Heath in This Beautiful Thing More about this quote Tags: humanity mistakes memory moving on Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice. —Stephanie Perkins in Lola and the Boy Next Door More about this quote Tags: learning mistakes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all. —Peter McWilliams More about this quote Tags: fear mistakes Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have to live with my mistakes, but I don’t have to regret them. I regret my actions but I can’t regret the consequences. We all make our own paths in life. Everyone we meet, everything we do, it changes us. It makes us who we are. And, if we’re lucky, we’re given the chance to make things right again. —Karina Halle in Sins & Needles More about this quote Tags: mistakes memory regret consequences Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email