A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. Peter Drucker
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Mahatma Gandhi
I make mistakes; I’ll be the second to admit it. Jean Kerr
If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. Bill Clinton
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. Plutarch
It seems that the necessary thing to do is not to fear mistakes, to plunge in, to do the best that one can, hoping to learn enough from blunders to correct them eventually. Abraham Maslow
Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they’re going to make mistakes. Ross Perot
Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. Pearl S Buck
I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes. Humphrey Davy
The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it’s considered to be your style. Fred Astaire
You’re not the only one who’s made mistakes, but they’re the only things that you can truly call your own. Billy Joel
Your best teacher is your last mistake. Ralph Nader
The greatest mistake I made was not to die in office. Dean Acheson
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. Igor Stravinsky
Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. Edmund Burke