Mistakes And Learning Quotes - Page 2

• A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Positive, Business, Educational

  Elbert Hubbard (1916). “The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard”

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• In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.

  Bill Vaughan

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

  Samuel Smiles

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Mistake

  1859 Self-Help, ch.11.

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• To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

  Plutarch

  Wise, Mistake, Character

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• You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.

  Sam Levenson

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wisdom

  Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.87, Open Road Media

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• Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.

  John Dewey

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  John Dewey, Jo Ann Boydston, Richard Rorty (2008). “The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1933”, p.206, SIU Press

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• It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn.

  John Bradshaw

  Education, Teacher, Mistake

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• There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn; whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

  Richard Bach

  Life, Letting Go, Mistake

  "The Bridge Across Forever". Book by Richard Bach, 1984.

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• A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

  James Joyce

  Life, Spiritual, Mistake

  Ulysses (1922)

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• Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.

  Sophia Loren

  Inspirational, Positive, Mistake

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

  Al Franken

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Al Franken (2002). “Oh, the Things I Know!”, p.14, Penguin

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• It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Success, Motivation

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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  You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

  Richard Branson

  Inspirational, Success, Encouraging

  Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

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• While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

  Henry C. Link

  Leadership, Confidence, Motivation

  Henry C. Link (1945). “The Return to Religion”, p.29, Lulu.com

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  Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

  Oscar Wilde

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

  Oscar Wilde (2014). “Epigrams and Aphorisms”, p.14, BoD – Books on Demand

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• "Failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.

  Mary Pickford

  Encouraging, Perseverance, Encouragement

  "Why Not Try God?". "St. Petersburg Times" Newspaper, sect. 2, (p. 3), January 25, 1936.

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• I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.

  John Peel

  Clever, Mistake, Stupid

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.

  Jack Canfield

  Motivational, Dream, Spiritual

  FaceBook post by Jack Canfield from Oct 30, 2012

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• It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

  Garry Marshall

  Mistake, Helpful, Worthwhile

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• The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

  Mary Pickford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.

  Neil Gaiman

  New Year, Mistake, Years

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• An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

  Niels Bohr

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Education

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• More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them

  J. Harold Smith

  Wisdom, Work, Mistake

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• Experience is making mistakes and learning from them.

  Bill Ackman

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Making Mistakes And Learning From Them

  "Bill Ackman Says Herbalife Will Be On The Verge Of Death In The Next 12 Months" by Julia La Roche, www.businessinsider.com. November 5, 2013.

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• Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.

  Taylor Momsen

  Mistake, Thinking, Life Is

  Interview With Kelli Acciardo, www.seventeen.com. April 15, 2011.

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