35 Quotes About Screw-ups

Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and discarded; not dwelled upon and stored.

Screwing up is hardly a major mistake. Sometimes your wrong choices bring you to the right places.

I though I screwed everything up," I say.He smiles. "You're only one person. In the whole universe. You can't screw everything up.

Nothing screws up a séance like the appearance of a real ghost. ~Jaime Vegas

Of course, screwed up families are not the exclusive province of the famous. Still, most families get to screw up in private.

The most powerful teaching moments are the ones where you screw up.

It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.

We forget the little things, so it's no wonder some of us screw up the big things.

If the best way to learn to succeed is to fail as fast as possible, then the second-best way is to watch someone else fail as fast as possible. Watching someone else screw up is a kind of rehearsal for your own eventual downfall. A close observation of someone else's attempt to resolve a difficulty is a great way to acquire real-world insight into whether and when to deploy their method in your own times of trouble.