Quotes about Mistakes

Just as the faults of princes must be expiated by whole nations, the errors of great minds extend their influence over whole generations and even over centuries. They grow and propagate themselves, and finally degenerate into monstrosities. All this arises from the fact that as Berkeley says: "few men think, yet all will have opinions.

The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behaviour.

Be daring enough to be different, humble enough to make mistakes, wild enough to be burnt in the fire of love, real enough to make others see how phony you are.

Love is the only thing that will save us, independent of any mistakes we may make. Love is always stronger.

As fallible humans, we usually slip too far over one edge or the other - all wrath and judgment or all grace and love.

Anyone who can't learn from other people's mistakes simply can't learn, and that;s all there is to it. There is value in the wrong way of doing things. The knowledge gained from errors contributes to our knowledge base.

What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history

Doing one fool thing after another is not so terrible when you consider the human proclivity to do several fool things at once.

One is more apt to become wise by doing fool things than by reading wise sayings.

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them, joke over your troubles but gather strength from them, make a jest of your difficulties but overcome them.

I never make the same mistake twice. I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones. Oh, don't you see, Marilla? There must be a limit to the mistakes one person can make, and when I get to the end of them, then I'll be through with them. That's a very comforting thought.