1,732 Quotes About Mistakes

The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?

After you make a fool of yourself a few hundred times, you learn what works.

I had written a book of short stories which was published under the title of "Uncle Tom's Children". When the review of that book began to appear, I realized that I had made an awful naive mistake. I found that I had written a book which even bankers' daughters could read and weep over and feel good about. I swore to myself that if I ever wrote another book, no one would weep over it; that it would be so hard and deep that they would have to face it without the consolation of tears.

Every second a seeker can start over,For his life's mistakesAre initial draftsAnd not the final version.

Everybody does stupid things in life. Some of us more than others. You think you're going to get away with it. Or one or both of you just stop thinking. But it happens. And when it does, you can keep drinking it like poison, or you can put it behind you and go make the most of the rest of your life.

There's one good thing about a mistake. As long as you're alive, you still have time to fix it.

No-one loves another More than he loves whatever another within may haveThat is part of one's self

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