1,732 Quotes About Mistakes

We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

At an early age I learned that people make mistakes, and you have to decide if their mistakes are bigger than your love for them.

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them.

I make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being--forgive me--rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.

But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked.Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalize it. Recognize it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.

Curiosity is the lust of the mind.