Quotes
Quotes about Mistakes
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history--with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Men must try and try again. They must suffer the consequences of their own mistakes and learn by their own failures and their own successes.
Because of their courage, their lack of fear, they (creative people) are willing to make silly mistakes. The truly creative person is one who can think crazy; such a person knows full well that many of his great ideas will prove to be worthless. The creative person is flexibleâhe is able to change as the situation changes, to break habits, to face indecision and changes in conditions without undue stress. He is not threatened by the unexpected as rigid, inflexible people are.
Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.
Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.
The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.
Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.
Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.
Experience is something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it.
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition, there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes. -George Soros.
Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again.
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
Whatever task that you undertake, do it with all your heart and soul. Always be courteous, never be discouraged. Beware of him who promises something for nothing. Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures. Do not look for approval except in the consciousness of doing your best. -Bernard M. Baruch.
Just as philosophy is the study of other people's misconceptions, so history is the study of other people's mistakes.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.
The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humilityâthat priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.
