Quotes About Mistakes

Charlie had indeed done something stupid. But this realisation only made her want to defend him. Of course young men did stupid things—it was part of being a young man

Class reunions were about curiosity; about satisfaction at the avoidance of the mistakes of one's contemporaries, now revealed in their emerging life histories; about reflecting on the ravages—and injustices—of time; and of realizing, perhaps, how strange and random are the twists and turns of fate.

we all have some things we are ashamed of.

I think it's best for us to face up to our own mistakes," she

People had to be left to make their own mistakes, even if the rest of us could see quite clearly the dangers that lay ahead.

the greater number of a man's errors come before him disguised under the specious form of necessity; then, after error has been committed in a moment of excitement, of delirium, or of fear, we see that we might have avoided and escaped it.

So never be embarrassed by mistakes, rather, be thankful for them, because they always present an opportunity for personal growth.

Of course, thirty would be nice again. I screwed that decade up and could really use a do-over.

Forgive me, for all the things I did but mostly for the ones that I did not.

I am not going to condemn anybody. That's where religion gets a bad name, when people get holier than thou. We are all human. If my children make a mistake, I want them to know it is all right and they should try harder next time.

You've traveled this far on the back of every mistake, ridden in dark-eyed and morose but calm as a house after the TV set has been pitched out the upstairs window. (from "Antilamentation")

It;s all gone. My life is all gone and I can't work out why. I keep looking back over my life...and I can't work out where it all went so wrong. What I did to make this happen.

I am so sorry that I hurt you. I know I'll make many more mistakes as time goes on, but I'll try not to make that one again.

This was Special Forces' rule number one: let men experience failure so they never fail again. And by failing, they will learn how to be successful soldiers.

In most jobs, one learned from one's mistakes. Unfortunately, in our job, a single mistake usually led to a swift death, and corpses were notoriously stubborn when it came to learning from bad experiences.

Her timing with men had been bad before. But never this bad.

I had taken German in high school, and I was truly horrible at it.

Looking stupid is part of learning, let it happen.

When competent, sensible people do something stupid, the smartest move is to try to figure out, first, what kept them from seeing it coming and, second, how to prevent the problem from happening again. Talking

Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.

Little learning is dangerous.

You learn a lot from your mistakes; really mistakes are our teachers.

The man was on his knees, trying to retrieve each of his ugly words that were now scattered on the floor. But, of course, it was too late.

Trying to convince myself Ive found one. Making the mistake I never learned from.