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.
There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
My voice is unadorned. I don't try for perfection. I try to be honest and truthful and soulful with the voice I have. If I make mistakes in notes, or there are cracks in notes, I don't fix them. That's the way it is.
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.
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.
This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.
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.
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.
The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.
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.
Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.
The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
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