Quotes on Learning From Mistakes

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.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.

And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.

You must be really bad, because it is a puzzle. Creating anything is hard. It’s a cliché thing to say, but every time you start a job, you just don’t know anything. I mean, I can break something down, but ultimately I don’t know anything when I start work on a new movie. You start stabbing out, and you make a mistake, and it’s not right, and then you try again and again. The key is you have to commit. And that’s hard because you have to find what it is you are committing to.

Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

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.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

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.

We do not learn from experience...we learn from reflecting on experience.

The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.