What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim? Well - 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!
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The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
An error is the more dangerous in proportion to the degree of truth which it contains.
Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.
Forget mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.
The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one.
The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad read more
I think we all wish we could erase some dark times in our lives. But all of life's experiences, bad and good, make you who you are. Erasing any of life's experiences would be a great mistake.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit.
I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.
I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.
