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Faults Quotes

On flaws, forgiveness, and owning up to both.

These faults quotes range from personal confessions of sin and shortcoming to broader reflections on Being imperfect, arguing that even deep flaws can be forgiven where honesty is present.

I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.

Quotes by Aaron Levie

Wrong people are wrong not because of their faults but because of their presumed virtues.

Quotes by William A. Dembski

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

Walt Whitman

Democracy's got endless problems and faults and dangers, but it's certain the alternatives are not better.

Quotes by W. S. Merwin

Because Quotes

I repent daily my sins, my faults, and my shortcomings.

Quotes by Vanity

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

Faults are beauties in a lover's eye.

Quotes by Theocritus

The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives.

Quotes by Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

I was so determined not to pass on to my children what I perceived to be the faults of my upbringing.

Quotes by Roger Lloyd-Pack

Being Quotes

I know my faults, but I'm comfortable with me.

Quotes by Roger Daltrey

Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

Quotes by Ramsey Clark

Bear with the faults of others as you would have them bear with yours.

Quotes by Phillips Brooks

Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.

Quotes by Matthew Prior

If, when you charged a person with his faults, you credited him with his virtues too, you would probably like everybody.

Quotes by Lawrence G. Lovasik

Like Quotes

Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents' shortcomings.

Quotes by Laurence J. Peter

It is of no use to discover our own faults and infirmities unless the discovery prompts up to amendment.

Quotes by John Quincy Adams

I may have many faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.

Quotes by Jimmy Hoffa

We all have faults, and mine is being wicked.

Quotes by James Thurber

Focus on remedies, not faults.

Quotes by Jack Nicklaus

Me Quotes

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

Quotes by Horace

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the central theme running through faults quotes?
Honesty about imperfection — several quotes argue that faults are forgivable when someone shows real candor about them.
Do any quotes take a personal, confessional tone?
Yes, one voice speaks directly about repenting daily for sins, faults, and shortcomings.
Is this topic only about individual character?
No, one quote applies the idea to democracy itself, acknowledging its problems and faults while still defending it over the alternatives.
What's the point about faults versus virtues?
One quote flips the usual framing, suggesting people are often wrong because of the virtues they presume to have rather than their actual faults.
How does this connect to Being quotes?
Faults quotes focus on specific flaws, while our Being quotes look more broadly at identity and existence.

Others turn the idea outward, suggesting that people go wrong less through their actual shortcomings than through the virtues they only imagine they possess. See our Like and Me quotes for related themes.