Making Mistakes Quotes - Page 18

• Look, we are human, we make mistakes. I will gladly shout from the rooftops that I am not perfect. Nor will I ever be.

  Dianna Agron

  Mistake, Perfect, Looks

  FaceBook post by Dianna Agron from Sep 03, 2012

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• If you don't make mistakes you can't make decisions.

  Warren Buffett

  Mistake, Decision, Ifs

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• Don't play it safe. Resist the seductions of the cowardly values our society has come to prize so highly: comfort, convenience, security, predictability, control. These, too, are nets. Above all, resist the fear of failure. Yes, you will make mistakes. But they will be your mistakes, not someone else's. And you will survive them, and you will know yourself better for having made them, and you will be a fuller and a stronger person.

  William Deresiewicz

  Mistake, Play, Stronger

  "What Are You Going to Do With That?". Essay adapted from a talk delivered to a freshman class at Stanford University in May 2010, www.chronicle.com. October 03, 2010.

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• Making mistakes and learning from them is crucial to winning.

  Dave Ramsey

  Mistake, Winning, Crucial

  Dave Ramsey (2011). “EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• I became popular very young. I viewed myself as just a young actor trying to figure out how to do well, and, you know, making mistakes and learning and growing.

  Josh Hartnett

  Mistake, Trying, Actors

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• My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Mistake, Perfect

  "Obama tells Al Arabiya peace talks should resume". Interview with Hisham Melhem, www.alarabiya.net. January 27, 2009.

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• I want people to learn from me, see I'm human, and understand that I make mistakes just like they do, but it doesn't have to consume you. You've got to walk through the raindrops, and that's totally what I am trying to do.

  Corey Haim

  Mistake, People, Trying

  "Corey Haim obituary" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2010.

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• Generally, I have to be able to get the lines out of my mouth without making a mistake before I go to sleep.

  Brent Spiner

  Mistake, Sleep, Mouths

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• Kids don't come with an instruction manual. So if you're gonna make mistakes, at least make them your own way.

  Steve Schirripa

  Mistake, Kids, Way

  Steve Schirripa (2014). “Big Daddy's Rules: Raising Daughters Is Tougher Than I Look”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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• Players that aren't true leaders but try to be, always bash other players after a mistake. True leaders on the pitch already assume others will make mistakes.

  Johan Cruijff

  Change, Football, Mistake

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• Arrogant or critical people are often people with low self-esteem who are afraid of taking risks. That's because, if you learn something new, you are then required to make mistakes in order to fully understand what you have learned.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Mistake, Self Esteem, Order

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• We're only human, we're supposed to make mistakes.

  Billy Joel

  Mistake, Humans

  Song: You're Only Human

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• Learning to play the guitar is a combination of mental and motor skill acquisition. And to develop motor skill, repetition is essential... Whenever musicians have trouble executing a passage, they generally tend to blame themselves for not having enough talent. Actually, all that's wrong is they don't know where their fingers are supposed to go...you should learn the piece in your head before you play it. And when you do play it, play it so slow that there's no possibility of making a mistake.

  Howard Roberts

  Mistake, Play, Skills

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• Fear is the single biggest barrier to creativity. Unless we're brave enough to risk looking foolish, we'll inevitably find ourselves sticking to the status quo. That fear is disabling, One of the things we need to do as business leaders is build and nurture cultures that encourage responsible risk taking so making mistakes is OK.

  Josh Linkner

  Mistake, Creativity, Leader

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• Making mistakes is natural. Making mistakes is how we learn.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Mistake, Natural

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• The more you attack, the more your opponent will make mistakes.

  Marcelo Garcia

  Mistake, Opponents, Jiu Jitsu

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• Be daring enough to be different,
  humble enough to make mistakes,
  wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love,
  real enough to make others see how phony you are.

  Brennan Manning

  Real, Mistake, Humble

  Brennan Manning (2008). “The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out”, p.110, Multnomah

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• I am somebody who... - I'm not saying I'm perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there's a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.

  Tiffeny Milbrett

  Mistake, Perfect, Needs

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• You make mistakes and you learn from them.

  Moby

  Mistake

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• Doing startups is all about making mistakes.

  Biz Stone

  Mistake

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• Just don't hold back. Don't be afraid to make mistakes and stuff.

  Kristen Stewart

  Mistake, Stuff

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• You will make mistakes, disappoint God and others, and have days when you wonder why God ever called you in the first place. Don’t despair! Your usefulness to God is based on His consistency, not yours. Your call is sustained by God’s faithfulness, not yours.

  Jeff Iorg

  Mistake, Consistency, Despair

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• As I say so often, “Observe and wait.” Sometimes you may even find out that what you believed the infant wanted was only your assumption. It is natural to make mistakes and easy to misunderstand pre-verbal children. Nevertheless, it is important to keep trying

  Magda Gerber

  Children, Mistake, Waiting

  Magda Gerber (1998). “Dear Parent: Caring for Infants with Respect”

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• To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes.

  Julius Erving

  Mistake, Worried, Innovators

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• Virtue and vice, evil and good, are siblings, or next-door neighbors, Easy to make mistakes, hard to tell them apart.

  Ovid

  Sibling, Mistake, Doors

  Ovid (1957). “The Loves: The Art of Beauty, The Remedies for Love, and The Art of Love”, p.191, Indiana University Press

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