Mistakes - Quotes
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
He`s not perfect. You aren`t either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.
Mistakes are not just opportunities for learning; they are, in an important sense, the only opportunity for learning or making something truly new.
The history of philosophy is in large measure the history of very smart people making very tempting mistakes, and if you don`t know the history, you are doomed to making the same darn mistakes all over again.
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. Making mistakes is the key to making progress.
Those who are successful give credit to their mistakes and give them a polished new name, experience.
Here`s the thing about mistakes. Sometimes, even when you know something`s a mistake, you gotta make it anyway.
They say that in the second before our death, each of us understands the real reason for our existence, and out of that moment, Heaven or Hell is born. Hell is when we look back during that fraction of a second and know that we wasted an opportunity to dignify the miracle of life. Paradise is being able to say at that moment: "I made some mistakes, but I wasn`t a coward. I lived my life and did what I had to do."
I make lots of mistakes. I try hard not to make the same mistake more than three or four times.
When you find your path, you must not be afraid. You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes. Disappointment, defeat, and despair are the tools God uses to show us the way.
Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you`re young. [...] But I don`t think we make any fewer when we`re grown up.
Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy - in fact, they're almost incompatible; one emotion hardly leaves room for the other.
Making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?