Quotes about Mistakes
Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
— Euripides
A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did.
— Benjamin Disraeli
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything
— Theodore Roosevelt
He who shunneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.
— Thomas a Kempis
He who shaneth not small faults falleth little by little into greater.
— Thomas a Kempis
There never were greed and cunning in the world yet, that did not do too much, and overreach themselves. It is as certain as death.
— Charles Dickens
Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as right. In the general experience, everybody has been wrong so often, and it has taken in most instances such a weary while to find out how wrong, that the authority is proved to be fallible.
— Charles Dickens
We give our mistakes too much power. Instead, see a mistake for what it is. It is not the real you… You are more valuable than the opinion others have of you.
— Gregory Dickow
The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs, which have had unfortunate repercussions long after the decisions were taken.
— Nelson Mandela
They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
— Thomas Edison
History, in general, only informs us what bad government is.
— Thomas Jefferson
You can be discouraged by failure--or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side.
— Thomas Watson Sr.