Quotes About Mistakes

For quotes about mistakes that are inspirational and full of wisdom start here. Mistakes are one of the most consistent of human traits but the secret is what to do about them. You can learn from mistakes, or you can reverse them by looking more at what they do not teach about success. "A mistake is to be human and to continue to make the same mistake is to be less than intelligent."

"Mistakes should be looked at as opportunities to learn and to improve."

"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." Elbert Hubbard

"It is not the mistake that has the most power, instead, it is learning from the mistake to advance your own attributes." Byron Roberts

"We must not say every mistake is a foolish one." Cicero

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." Albert Einstein

"Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement." Henry Ford

"Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures." Bernard M. Baruch

"Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.´ Cullen Hightower

"It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something." Ornette Coleman

"If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes." John Wooden

"It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own." Jessamyn West

"The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything." Denis Waitley

"I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions. " Barack Obama

"We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors." Norman Vincent Peale

"There is no value in dwelling on mistakes as long as you are able to take away something positive and find a learning opportunity in them; otherwise 'mistake' just becomes antoher word for 'faliure'." Scott Frederick

"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw

"A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once." Phyllis Diller

"If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. Confucius

"People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year." Peter F. Drucker

"The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way." Dale Carnegie

"Like I say, immature people often avoid their problems and don't learn from their mistakes." Yogi Berra

"A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous." Alexander Hamilton

"To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity." William Arthur Ward

"It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes." Linda Evans

"Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out." Benjamin Franklin

"If you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it." Japanese Proverb

"Mistakes are how one learns." Kevin Murphy

"You can actually limit your possibilities by choosing to dwell on fearful thoughts, on what you lack, on what you believe you cannot do, on a difficult environment, or on memories of past hurts. Or you can choose to rise above them." Gillian Stokes, Personal Power

"We must commit to learning from our mistakes instead of agonizing over them, or we're destined to repeat our errors in the future." Anthony Robbins


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