Quotes About Mistakes

The mistake-riddled life is much richer, more interesting and more stimulating than the life that has never risked or taken a stand on anything.

It wasn't much of a plan, and already there had been mistakes.

I don't like it when really smart people do things that seem dumb. Makes me think I'm figuring something wrong.

If we Americans are to learn from our mistakes, from the flailing, ineffective way we, as a nation, conducted the war on terror after the attacks of 9/11, and from the way we have failed to make our case to the great moderate mass of peace-loving people at the heart of the Muslim world, we need to listen to Greg Mortenson. I did, and it has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.

Nixon was by nature a excluder. Halderman like to exclude people. When Nixon's need met Halderman's abilities, you had the most perfect formula for disaster. – Jim Shepley

People are really trying their best. Just like being happy and sad, you will find yourself on both sides of the equation many times over your lifetime, either saying or hearing the wrong thing. Let's all give each other a pass, shall we?

If you don't have true, deep, enduring conviction about the importance of the change you're pursuing, you will be buffeted, worn down, ground down, and diverted at those critical points where leadership is the only force that keeps the change moving. The biggest mistakes that I see come during those points. At root, the mistakes arise from the dissipation of conviction—leadership and management conviction.

Tully always had a knack for seeing opportunity where others couldn't. A true entrepreneur, he developed several companies from scratch with enormous success, but also with a fair share of failures and mistakes.

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how we responsible we are for them.

I think, How innocent we are of our mistakes and how responsible we are for them.

How innocent we are of our mistakes and how responsible we are for them.

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

We look down our noses at people who've made mistakes in relationships. She's so stupid! How could she do that! Our superiority makes us feel better. But I'd bet everything I have on the fact that people to claim to have a perfect record in love are either lying or have very limited dating experience. People who say, I'd never do that! Someday, unless you are very, very lucky, you'll have a story to tell. Or not to tell.

Still, past assholes could make a person feel skittish. You had to be careful. It could all suddenly be different than you thought it was. A big possible mistake could be hidden anywhere, ready to blow up everything, same as stepping on a land mine.

People make mistakes, it's just part of life. But, it's what we do with those mistakes that matters. What matters is what we learn from the mistakes, not what the mistake is.

I do not know about you. But, I prefer a life spent making mistakes than a life making none.

you have to find the words to make it sound important

It is impossible to avoid failures in life. Don't be afraid of them. Consider rather how to learn from your own failures.

People are not measured by their accomplishments, but by how many times they screw up trying to achieve them.

Never underestimate yourself when you do what is right. Never overestimate yourself when you do what is wrong.

Be humble to see your mistakes, courageous to admit them, and wise enough to correct them.

Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.

Don't let disappointments & mistakes of the past control and direct your future. Your source of direction and everything is in Christ Jesus

No one is perfect in their life but those who learn from their mistakes is on right path of perfection