1,732 Quotes About Mistakes

I sometimes react to making a mistake as if I have betrayed myself. My fear of making a mistake seems to be based on the hidden assumption that I am potentially perfect and that if I can just be very careful I will not fall from heaven. But a 'mistake' is a declaration of the way I am, a jolt to the way I intend, a reminder I am not dealing with the facts. When I have listened to my mistakes I have grown.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

You can never make the same mistake twice because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, it's a choice.

To some people, I am kind of a Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes. I've made some bad ones, but fortunately, the successes have come along fast enough to cover up the mistakes. When you go to bat as many times as I do, and continually improve upon your mistakes, you're bound to get a good average.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Mistakes, mistakes, it's all I seem capable of at times.

Each one of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.