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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Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.
Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.
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 lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven.
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to read more
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.
More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
