Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
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Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We've made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.
There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.
Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
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