Quotes about Making Mistakes

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything. Votes: 4

If you're not making mistakes, then you're not doing anything. I'm positive that a doer makes mistakes. Votes: 4

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. Votes: 4

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

The Moment You Stop Making Mistakes Is The Moment You Stop Learning Votes: 3

You can only go forward by making mistakes. Votes: 2

Experience is making mistakes and learning from them. Votes: 2

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. Votes: 2

We must not say every mistake is a foolish one. Votes: 2

I think making mistakes is as inevitable as receiving disappointments. Votes: 2

If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake. Votes: 2

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes. Votes: 2

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile. Votes: 2

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Votes: 2

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn. Votes: 2

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes. Votes: 2

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. Votes: 2

It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task. Votes: 2

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake. Votes: 2

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior. Votes: 2

Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody's ever made before. Whatever you're scared of doing, Do it. Votes: 2

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something. Votes: 2

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum. Votes: 2

Success ... seems to be connected with action. Successful men keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. Votes: 2

Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about. Votes: 2

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something. Votes: 2

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot. Votes: 2

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave. Votes: 2

Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again. Votes: 2

Creativity is often blocked by trying to be perfect. Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Votes: 2

Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I feel like I've lived a life of making mistakes and learning from them and doing my best to only make each mistake once. Votes: 2

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process. Votes: 2

I became popular very young. I viewed myself as just a young actor trying to figure out how to do well, and, you know, making mistakes and learning and growing. Votes: 2

Making mistakes is part of life. The only things I would feel ashamed of would be if I had said things I hadn't believed in order to get on. Some politicians do do that. Votes: 2

If you're cooking and not making mistakes, you're not playing outside your safety zone. I don't expect it all to be good. I have fat dogs because I scrap that stuff out the back door. Votes: 2

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life. Votes: 2

Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried. Votes: 2

There's a way of playing safe, there's a way of using tricks and there's the way I like to play which is dangerously where you're going to take a chance on making mistakes in order to create something you haven't created before. Votes: 2

You go on these Internet blogs and people say the meanest things. I'm a normal person. Just because I'm in the spotlight doesn't mean I'm God's gift to the world. I'm learning and making mistakes just like every other 17-year-old girl out there. Votes: 2

Well, I think that part of being young is not exactly knowing why you do some of the things that you do. And it's by exploring your life or experimenting or making mistakes and learning from them hopefully that you start to forge an identity. Votes: 2

I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people making mistakes, you understand why they're making a mistake. Everybody has flaws, everybody has demons, everybody has ghosts, but I think you watch people and you see everybody trying to do their best. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Some mistakes are worth making twice. Votes: 0

Making mistakes is how you learn. Votes: 0

I am not scared of making mistakes. Votes: 0

Part of being young is making mistakes. Votes: 0

Doing startups is all about making mistakes. Votes: 0

Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster. Votes: 0

If you're not making mistakes, you're not trying. Votes: 0

Victory favors the team making the fewest mistakes. Votes: 0

Making mistakes is human ... repeating 'em is too. Votes: 0

When your enemy's making mistakes, don't interrupt him. Votes: 0

You must never feel badly about making mistakes, Votes: 0

History is just new people making old mistakes. Votes: 0

When we have money, we start making mistakes. Votes: 0

Making mistakes is a way of taking action. Votes: 0

Those who aren't making mistakes probably aren't making anything. Votes: 0

Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Votes: 0

Writing without making mistakes is like vomiting hot air. Votes: 0

Public is a good expert on making bad mistakes! Votes: 0

Well you learn from making mistakes. It's that simple. Votes: 0

I'm no longer afraid of not making enough mistakes. Votes: 0

I learn the most from making my own mistakes. Votes: 0

Making mistakes is natural. Making mistakes is how we learn. Votes: 0

Making mistakes and learning from them is crucial to winning. Votes: 0

Making distinctions is part of learning. So is making mistakes. Votes: 0

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust. Votes: 0

If you're making mistakes it means you're out there doing something. Votes: 0

Don't worry about mistakes. Making things out of mistakes, that's creativity. Votes: 0

There's nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with encores. Votes: 0

To be an innovator, you can't be worried about making mistakes. Votes: 0

IF you are not making mistakes, then you are not doing anything.... Votes: 0

If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying hard enough. Votes: 0

Life is about making mistakes. Death is about wishing you made more. Votes: 0

Football is about making mistakes. Who makes the most, loses the game. Votes: 0

You can't make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something Votes: 0

If you are not successful, that means you're not making enough mistakes. Votes: 0

Nations are always making mistakes because they do not understand each other's psychology. Votes: 0

Being a professional ... is making fewer mistakes than others, as few as possible. Votes: 0

I still spend my time feeling sorry for myself and making serious mistakes. Votes: 0

You don't win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes. Votes: 0

So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes. Votes: 0

I've learned so much from my mistakes... I'm thinking of making some more. Votes: 0

I'm on national TV in front of millions and I hate making mistakes. Votes: 0

The German mind has a talent for making no mistakes but the very greatest. Votes: 0

The cost of procrastination is generally far greater than the cost of making mistakes. Votes: 0

If you're not making some mistakes, it probably means you're not trying hard enough. Votes: 0

Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes. Votes: 0

The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas. Votes: 0

I keep kind of making certain mistakes in public appearances over and over again. Votes: 0

There's no way that you can live an adequate life without making many mistakes. Votes: 0

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice. Votes: 0

There is Someone dancing with you, and you are not afraid of making mistakes. Votes: 0

If you listen too much to advice, you may wind up making other people's mistakes. Votes: 0

If you aren't making any mistakes, it's a sure sign you're playing it too safe. Votes: 0

A realist is a man who insists on making the same mistakes his grandfather did. Votes: 0

The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them-especially not from yourself. Votes: 0

If I listened to your advice, I'd be making your mistakes instead of my own. Votes: 0

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching I've learned from making mistakes. Votes: 0

Without the possibility of making mistakes, we wouldn't need to bother about making a decision. Votes: 0

If things aren't breaking, then you're not moving fast enough. People learn by making mistakes. Votes: 0

From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories. Votes: 0

Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. Votes: 0

I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something. Votes: 0

People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster. Votes: 0

If all human beings understood history, they might cease making the same stupid mistakes over and over. Votes: 0

I'm crying because I feel wronged. I keep making mistakes and nothing seems to work for me. Votes: 0

If you are afraid of making mistakes, you won't learn anything and you won't make much money. Votes: 0

You learn from mistakes so the best leaders are constantly making new mistakes on their success journey. Votes: 0

I taught myself how to play the guitar, so I basically learned by a system of making mistakes. Votes: 0

It's so much more interesting when you're human. I hate making mistakes, but I'm not afraid of 'em. Votes: 0

Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new. Votes: 0

Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do. Votes: 0

Both teams are making mistakes. Florida's making these itsy-bitsy little ones, and Tennessee is making huge, gigantic mistakes. Votes: 0

The worst thing about movie-making is that it's like life: nobody can go back to correct the mistakes. Votes: 0

We're making the same mistakes we made 1,000 years ago. So they must be the right ones. So relax. Votes: 0

If you aren't making any mistakes, you aren't innovating. If you're making the same mistakes, you aren't learning. Votes: 0

We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones. Votes: 0

Perhaps having the courage to find a better path is having the courage to risk making new mistakes. Votes: 0

You can only go forward by making mistakes. I'm twenty-seven, not fifty-seven. I'm not Givenchy, I'm Alexander McQueen. Votes: 0

There's nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don't make the same ones. We don't want to duplicate them. Votes: 0

The single greatest impediment to error prevention in the medical industry is that we punish people for making mistakes, Votes: 0

There are so many mistakes you can learn only by making them yourself. There is no substitute for experience. Votes: 0

Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about. Votes: 0

If you're not making some notable mistakes along the way, you're certainly not taking enough business and career chances. Votes: 0

I do not know about you. But, I prefer a life spent making mistakes than a life making none. Votes: 0

There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes. Votes: 0

The only way to avoid making mistakes is not to do anything. And that will be the ultimate mistake. Votes: 0

Don't be afraid in nature: one must be bold, at the risk of having been deceived and making mistakes. Votes: 0

Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated. Votes: 0

No one likes to fail. But we mortals do not become champions without effort and discipline or without making mistakes. Votes: 0

I'd like to just be a little bit more open to making mistakes and not worrying about it so much. Votes: 0

Failing can provide invaluable lessons and making mistakes and experiencing setbacks is part of the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Votes: 0

The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few. Votes: 0

Know when to tune out, if you listen to too much advice you may wind up making other peoples mistakes. Votes: 0

To appear on the stage drunk, to have them leave there and remember me making drunken mistakes, that was death. Votes: 0

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right. Votes: 0

It is important that we forgive ourselves for making mistakes. We need to learn from our errors and move on. Votes: 0

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn to stop making them. Votes: 0

You can't be in the public eye without making mistakes and having some regrets and having people analyze everything you do. Votes: 0

One should never learn from one's mistakes. Making the same mistakes, over and over again, is a source of unremitting pleasure. Votes: 0

People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out. Votes: 0

You're not making my mistakes, Bella. You sound like you're scared silly, and I'm guessing it's because you're afraid of me. Votes: 0

Opening yourself up to making mistakes and being vulnerable is what makes it beautiful and special with the person you love. Votes: 0

As a reader, I much prefer to read a book where people embody all kinds of ideas and everybody is making mistakes. Votes: 0

You cannot improve your future if you are not willing to try something new and risk making mistakes and learning from them Votes: 0

I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them. Votes: 0

Sometimes... I think parents work so hard to keep us from making their mistakes, they won't allow us to make our own. Votes: 0

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, but one should always make new ones. Repeating mistakes is a hallmark of dim consciousness. Votes: 0

I've certainly never helped anybody save the day, in any capacity. If anybody is going to understand making a few mistakes, it's me. Votes: 0

Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right. Votes: 0

What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art? Votes: 0

Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damm insane mistakes! Votes: 0

People often avoid making decisions out of fear of making a mistake. Actually the failure to make decisions is one of life's biggest mistakes. Votes: 0

Think boldly. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Don't miss small details, keep your eyes open and be modest in everything except your aims. Votes: 0

Don't worry about making mistakes. In fact, the more mistakes you make, the more progress you are making. Just don't repeat the same mistakes. Votes: 0

Making mistakes isn't enough to become great. You must also admit the mistake, and then learn how to turn that mistake into an advantage. Votes: 0

Wisdom comes from making mistakes, having the courage to face them, and make adjustments moving forward based upon the knowledge aquired through those experiences. Votes: 0

Learning from other people's mistakes is better than making your owns. And it is easier to live lonely than to have a broken heart. Votes: 0

I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here. Votes: 0

We need an opposition to remind us if we are making mistakes. When you are not opposed you think everything you do is right. Votes: 0

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind. Votes: 0

We can make mistakes about what we ought to do, and these are not the same as making bad decisions about what to do. Votes: 0

The experience I gained at age 21 would be useful if I were ever 21 again. But I'm 71 and new at it and keep making age 71 mistakes. Votes: 0

Every person on earth learns it's lesson by making different mistakes. The only source of knowledge is experience. Experience avoiding the mistakes you already made. Votes: 0

Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action. Votes: 0

Instead of your ego directing you and making countless mistakes, allow yourself to be guided by the invisible principles of the universe within your action. Votes: 0

I'd rather be the one making mistakes than the one laughing at someone making mistakes, for that laughing person is a wimp." ~ Denise Mansfield Bradberry. Votes: 0

If you are terrified of making mistakes, you will be reluctant to acknowledge them when you do make them-and therefore you will not correct them. Votes: 0

Failures of perspective in decision-making can be due to aspects of the social utility paradox, but more often result from simple mistakes caused by inadequate thought. Votes: 0

Every dictatorship has ultimately strangled in the web of repression it wove for its people, making mistakes that could not be corrected because criticism was prohibited. Votes: 0

I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances. Votes: 0

As an artist, what do you think the biggest mistake you can make is? My vote for the biggest mistake is being afraid of making mistakes. Votes: 0

Fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already loss. Votes: 0

If people are not making mistakes, they are not trying new things. If they are making the same mistake twice, they are not learning new things! Votes: 0

Sin is not simply making bad choices or mistakes. Sin is having the desire in our hearts to do the will of the enemy of God. Votes: 0

About mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad. Votes: 0

By the time they get to 6th grade honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes. Votes: 0

Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong. Votes: 0

It is good to pray for the repair of mistakes, but praying earlier would keep us from making so many. When puzzled, go to prayer and listen. Votes: 0

If you want the advice of an old man, don't be afraid of making mistakes. That's life. Just be sure you're making them for the right reason. Votes: 0

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future. Votes: 0

Life is just the same as learning to swim. Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live! Votes: 0

We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors. Votes: 0

CIA Director George Tenet has now testified before the 9/11 commission and he said we are still making the same dumb mistakes, like leaving memos on the President's desk. Votes: 0

But life isn't about learning to forgive those who have hurt you or forgetting your past. It's about learning to forgive yourself for being human and making mistakes. Votes: 0

You're breaking up, you're getting together, you're changing your life, you're arguing with your parents, you're making terrible mistakes, you're having great triumphs. It's what happens to teenagers. Votes: 0

Sometimes you don’t just want to risk making mistakes; you actually want to make them - if only to give you something clear and detailed to fix. Votes: 0

The close games are usually lost, rather than won. What I mean by that is games are mostly won because of the opponent making mistakes during crucial moments. Votes: 0

There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over. Votes: 0

Practise, practise, practise writing. Writing is a craft that requires both talent and acquired skills. You learn by doing, by making mistakes and then seeing where you went wrong. Votes: 0

Institutions which have too much security ... tend to become bureaucratic. They add layers of people and layers of rules in order to assure the security of not making mistakes. Votes: 0

Shift from being afraid of making a mistake to being afraid of not making a mistake. If you are not making any mistakes, you are not learning or growing Votes: 0

My own success was attended by quite a few failures along the way. But I refused to make the biggest mistake of all: worrying too much about making mistakes. Votes: 0

We're not always in the position that we want to be at. We're constantly growing We're constantly making mistakes. We're constantly trying to express ourselves and actualize our dreams. Votes: 0

... don't be afraid to screw up !... one of the key issues to learning is making mistakes ... if you're not making mistakes, you're probably not having a very good time Votes: 0

I think imperfections are important, just as mistakes are important. You only get to be good by making mistakes, and you only get to be real by being imperfect. Votes: 0

I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. Votes: 0

Every adult has the right to choose who they wish to spend their lives with, and we're all capable of making mistakes, but no one escapes with their self-regard intact. Votes: 0

There's just so much negative media surrounding professional athletes or sports in general, whether it's kids that are pressured too much or professional athletes making mistakes that influence their family. Votes: 0

To undertake a genuine spiritual path is not to avoid difficulties but to learn the art of making mistakes wakefully, to bring them to the transformative power of our heart. Votes: 0

You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that's part of it: knowing that you're not shut out forever, and that there's a goal you still can reach. Votes: 0

The very things I used to be told off for - daydreaming, exaggerating, making mistakes, wild guessing, contradicting, spying, being obsessive, being reckless - for these, suddenly, I am being praised. Votes: 0

I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately. Votes: 0

Holiness does not consist in not making mistakes or never sinning. Holiness grows with capacity for conversion, repentance, willingness to begin again, and above all with the capacity for reconciliation and forgiveness. Votes: 0

F1 is giving penalties for people making mistakes instead of for people driving dirty. And that is wrong. Mistakes happen. You run into each other: that's life, that's racing, and too bad. Votes: 0

Perfection is an everlasting goal to pursue. It reminds us that we are mortal beings capable of making mistakes. When we correct them, it gives us an opportunity to become better people. Votes: 0

You have to have a cultural ethic that allows for making mistakes. It cannot be that just because you make mistakes, you're out. You have to make mistakes in order to innovate. Votes: 0

The soul of rock 'n' roll is mistakes, and making mistakes work for you. The people who shy away from mistakes and play it safe have no business playing rock 'n' roll. Votes: 0

I made two mistakes at the beginning of the season. But I saw Manuel Almunia making mistakes as well, so sometimes you don't know what the thoughts of the coach are.' Votes: 0

All you have learned from history is old ways of making mistakes. There is nothing that history can tell you about what we must do tomorrow. Only what we must not do. Votes: 0

One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant. Votes: 0

The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job. Votes: 0

Critics hang around and wait for others to make mistakes. But the real doers of the world have not time for criticizing others. They are too busy doing, making mistakes, improving, making progress. Votes: 0

Every day you make mistakes. And the key to making mistakes is first you have to make them, which means you're in the game. So don't be afraid of getting in the game. Votes: 0

I've been really terrible in a lot of things because I learned by making mistakes. That makes you a different kind of actor, because you have to figure out for yourself what you do. Votes: 0

You don't need to be right all the time. Your child wants a man for a father, not a formula. He wants real parents, real people, capable of making mistakes without moping about it. Votes: 0

The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected. Votes: 0