130 Wrongs Quotes

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Famous Wrongs Quotes

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them. — George Orwell

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. — Thomas Jefferson

Confusion comes from trying to amalgamate several conflicting ideas. — Eero Saarinen

A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego. — Muhammad Iqbal

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong. — E. O. Wilson

Bad ideas flourish because they are in the interest of powerful groups. — Paul Krugman

A false conclusion once arrived at and widely accepted is not easily dislodged and the less it is understood the more tenaciously it is held. — Georg Cantor

The most dangerous ideas in a society are not the ones being argued, but the ones that are assumed. — C. S. Lewis

Just because an idea is widely accepted doesn't mean it is necessarily correct. Skepticism is key. — Bret Weinstein

A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act. — James Thurber

Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them. — George Orwell

A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding. — Bob Dylan

False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing. — Joseph De Maistre

Creative ideas are often attacked because people oppose change or do not understand new concepts. — Henry Heimlich

Leave your theories. All theories, you see, even those of virtue, are bad, foolish, mischievous. — Romain Rolland

Short Wrongs Quotes

  • Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. — William Shakespeare
  • Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down, it's staying down that's wrong. — Muhammad Ali
  • Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real. — Tupac Shakur
  • I never regret my past... Only time I wasted was on the wrong people. — Tyga
  • It's better to be controversial for the right reasons, than to be popular for the wrong reasons. — Shimon Peres
  • Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited of what could go right. — Tony Robbins
  • I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. Keep proving people wrong and proving myself right. — Conor McGregor
  • It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. — Voltaire
  • In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them. — Jackie Kennedy

Wrongs Image Quotes

Don't feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road, turn around. - Edgar Cayce quote

Don't feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road, turn around. — Edgar Cayce

You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrongs. - Carli Lloyd quote

You have to fight harder, dig deeper, and prove all the doubters wrongs. — Carli Lloyd

Wrongs quote If things go wrong, don’t go with them.
If things go wrong, don’t go with them.
The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet. - Wernher Von Braun quote

The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet. — Wernher Von Braun

I don't regret my past, I just regret the time I've wasted on the wrong people. - Wiz Khalifa quote

I don't regret my past, I just regret the time I've wasted on the wrong people. — Wiz Khalifa

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong. - Groucho Marx quote

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong. — Groucho Marx

Wrongs quote Don't feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road. Turn around.
Don't feel sorry for yourself if you have chosen the wrong road. Turn around.
When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong. - Condoleezza Rice quote

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong. — Condoleezza Rice

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. - Confucius quote

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. — Confucius

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. - Aldous Huxley quote

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. — Aldous Huxley

Wrongs quote Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited of what could go right.
Stop being afraid of what could go wrong, and start being excited of what could go right.
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. - Maimonides quote

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. — Maimonides

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. - Robert Bloch quote

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on. — Robert Bloch

Wrongs quote No matter how long you have traveled in the wrong direction, you always have the choice to turn arou
No matter how long you have traveled in the wrong direction, you always have the choice to turn around.
Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward - Thomas A. Edison quote

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward — Thomas A. Edison

People change and things go wrong but just remember life goes on. - Mac Miller quote

People change and things go wrong but just remember life goes on. — Mac Miller

The best thing you can do is follow your dreams - The Rev quote

The best thing you can do is follow your dreams — The Rev

Many times the wrong train took me to the right place. - Paulo Coelho quote

Many times the wrong train took me to the right place. — Paulo Coelho

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong. - Derek Jeter quote

I love it when people doubt me. It makes me work harder to prove them wrong. — Derek Jeter

No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. - Turkish Proverbs quote

No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back. — Turkish Proverbs

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing. - Napoleon Bonaparte quote

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing. — Napoleon Bonaparte

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late. - Lee Iacocca quote

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late. — Lee Iacocca

The cost of quality is the expense of doing things wrong. - Phil Crosby quote

The cost of quality is the expense of doing things wrong. — Phil Crosby

Wrongs quote It is better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.
It is better to walk alone, than with a crowd going in the wrong direction.

Wrong Idea Quotes

You must be ready to give up even the most attractive ideas when experiment shows them to be wrong. — Alessandro Volta

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world. — Paul Farmer

Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheelsTo be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love. — Hafez

Wrongs quote A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesnt' become good, just because i
A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesnt' become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. — Joseph Addison

E. O. Wilson, the Harvard entomologist and evolutionary biologist, is reputed to have said of socialism: 'Great idea. Wrong species.' Any system that is built on a false understanding of human nature is doomed to fail. — Gad Saad

Learn to go first. Introduce yourself. Ask them out. Host the event. Voice an idea. Tell people what you want. You’ll face more rejections when things go wrong, but you’ll get all of the credit when things go right. The world rewards those who go first because so few people do. — Mark Manson

Wrongs quote To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.
To live a creative life we must lose our fear of being wrong.

Silencing 'wrong' ideas will eventually destroy our ability to discover the truth. — Lex Fridman

When Stark isn't off sulking somewhere, or whatever he's doing when he won't return my calls, I alternate between the two. That usually works well, though occasionally an idea for the wrong guy drifts through my mind. — Donald E. Westlake

My idea of forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. Believe me, you can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from your anguish whatsoever. — Della Reese

I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers. — Peter Kay

Wrong Quotes

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. — Thomas Jefferson

You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it. — Malcolm X

Our confession will either imprison us or set us free. Our confession is the result of our believing, and our believing is the result of our right or wrong thinking. — Kenneth E. Hagin

Wrongs quote Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving for
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward finding the answer.

There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be. — Fulton J. Sheen

Just don't give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong. — Ella Fitzgerald

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it. — W. E. B. Du Bois

Wrongs quote No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back.
No matter how far down the wrong road you've gone, turn back.

To live our lives and miss that great purpose we were designed to accomplish is truly a sin. It is inconceivable that we could be bored in a world with so much wrong to tackle, so much ignorance to reach and so much misery we could alleviate — William Wilberforce

I work hard. I focus on myself and putting food on my dinner table before anything else. I don't worry about other artists. Worrying about the next person in a negative way is the wrong way to be. — Meek Mill

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong. — Thomas Sowell

Different Ideas Quotes

Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. — Sri Aurobindo

Being willing is not enough. We must do. - Leonardo da Vinci

Being willing is not enough. We must do. — Leonardo da Vinci

The Americans may think they have 'liberated' Baghdad but the tens of thousands of thieves - they came in families and cruised the city in trucks and cars searching for booty - seem to have a different idea what liberation means. — Robert Fisk

Wrongs quote Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving for
Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.

Adidas is a very personal inspiration to me. It has enriched my creative life. It's an exchange between different cultures, different ideas, and most of all, it is teamwork. — Yohji Yamamoto

Star Trek was an attempt to say that humanity will reach maturity and wisdom on the day that it begins not just to tolerate, but take a special delight in differences in ideas and differences in life forms. — Gene Roddenberry

The idea of being part of this tapestry of humanity is a far more enlightening idea for me than believing you are going to this different place when you die. The magic of reality is far more potent. — Matthew Healy

Wrongs quote May we ever choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong.
May we ever choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong.

If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void — Barack Obama

If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential differences between men and between cultures. He will learn that differences in ideas and attitudes are a delight, part of life's exciting variety, not something to fear. — Gene Roddenberry

When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. — Steve Jobs

Letting go doesn’t mean wiping away negative thoughts, feelings, and ideas completely. The truth is that these thoughts will always arise—it is what we do with them that makes the difference. — Jay Shetty

Wrong Things Quotes

... anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything. — Ulysses S. Grant

Every time you make a mistake, don’t bring up everything that’s wrong with yourself; tell yourself that you’re paying the price for growth and that you will learn to do better next time. Every positive thing you can say to yourself will help. — John C. Maxwell

The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does, even if you murdered or robbed, ya it's wrong, but God loves, take one step toward him he'll take two toward you, even when all else fails, God'll support you — Nas

Practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice the wrong thing, you make the wrong act permanent. — Hamza Yusuf

The worst thing you can do is nothing. - Terry Pratchett

The worst thing you can do is nothing. — Terry Pratchett

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong. — Marianne Williamson

There are many things given to us in this life for the wrong reasons. What we do with such blessings, that is the true test of a man. — Gannicus

Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul? — Saint Francis de Sales

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing. — Theodore Roosevelt

I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. — John Wayne

Wrong Thinking Quotes

Live in faith and hope, though it be in darkness, for in this darkness God protects the soul. Cast your care upon God for you are His and He will not forget you. Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him. — John of the Cross

Right, wrong, good, bad, heaven, hell. I think that is the theme of my life. I think you have to know both in order to honestly choose one. So I'm familiar with both sides of the fence. — DMX

By the time a man realizes that his father was right, he has a son who thinks he's wrong. — Charles Wadsworth

By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong. — Charles Wadworth

Once you experience being loved when you are unworthy, being forgiven when you did something wrong, that moves you into non-dual thinking. You move from what I call meritocracy, quid pro quo thinking, to the huge ocean of grace, where you stop counting or calculating. — Richard Rohr

What you believe is very powerful. If you have toxic emotions of fear, guilt and depression, it is because you have wrong thinking, and you have wrong thinking because of wrong believing. — Joseph Prince

It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations. — Kahlil Gibran

If you think for one second no one knows what you've been going through; be accepting of the fact that you are wrong, that the long drawn and heavy breaths of despair have at times been felt by everyone - that pain is part of the human condition and that alone makes you a legion. — Shane Koyczan

I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind. — John Diefenbaker

Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking God uses only 'special' people the strong, the intelligent, the beautiful. We don't think He has a place for the rest of us. We are so wrong! — Chuck Smith

Right Ideas Quotes

You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a man, but not an idea. — Benazir Bhutto

When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always. - Rita Rudner

When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always. — Rita Rudner

I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone. — John Brown

Put away the book, the description, the tradition, the authority, and take the journey of self-discovery. Love, and don't be caught in opinions and ideas about what love is or should be. When you love, everything will come right. Love has its own action. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. — Shirin Ebadi

The central idea is to create an environment where doing the right thing is as easy as possible. — James Clear

The idea that working a blue-collar job and living in a working-class community provides barriers that are unique to your circumstances - that's not a very controversial subject anymore. I think it's something that people on both the Left and the Right probably accept. — James David Vance

Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year. - Victor Borge

Santa Claus has the right idea - visit people only once a year. — Victor Borge

Even if you don’t know what you’re doing, the simple act of working on it will eventually cause the right ideas to show up in your head. — Mark Manson

The best story wins. Not the best idea, or the right idea, or the most rational idea. Just whoever tells a story that catches people’s attention and gets them to nod their heads is the one who tends to be rewarded. — Morgan Housel

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More Wrongs Quotes

I happened to be in the right place at the right time. - Calvin Harris quote

I happened to be in the right place at the right time. — Calvin Harris

If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave. - Mo Willems quote

If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave. — Mo Willems

actions speak louder than words - Becca Fitzpatrick quote

actions speak louder than words — Becca Fitzpatrick

There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong. - H. L. Mencken quote

There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong. — H. L. Mencken

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. - G. K. Chesterton quote

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. — G. K. Chesterton

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. - Jack Lemmon quote

If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. — Jack Lemmon

I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it. - Jayne Mansfield quote

I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it. — Jayne Mansfield

It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right. - Russell L. Ackoff quote

It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right. — Russell L. Ackoff

Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They're always wrong. - Charles Bukowski quote

Wherever the crowd goes run in the other direction. They're always wrong. — Charles Bukowski

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction. - Kenichi Ohmae quote

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction. — Kenichi Ohmae

The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. - Henrik Ibsen quote

The majority is always wrong; the minority is rarely right. — Henrik Ibsen

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money. - W. C. Fields quote

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money. — W. C. Fields

There's nothing wrong with being fired. - Ted Turner quote

There's nothing wrong with being fired. — Ted Turner

I've realized that being happy is a choice. - Angelina Jolie quote

I've realized that being happy is a choice. — Angelina Jolie

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us. - Eric Hoffer quote

Fair play is primarily not blaming others for anything that is wrong with us. — Eric Hoffer

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way. - Terry Goodkind quote

If the road is easy, you're likely going the wrong way. — Terry Goodkind

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