An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
There are no mistakes, no coincidences; all events are blessings given to us to learn from.
Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life.
I enjoy growing older and wiser and learning from my mistakes every single day.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain.
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Whatever you're scared of doing, Do it.
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You're doing things you've never done before, and more importantly, you're Doing Something.
So that's my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Don't freeze, don't stop, don't worry that it isn't good enough, or it isn't perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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