Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, read more

Well, what I tried to do is simply to get out on the land. And when I came to Washington, I think one of the mistakes we made early on was kind of having an ideological dispute up in the Congress.

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You read more

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!

Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.

Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.

I am the author of my life. Unfortunately I'm writing in pen and I can't erase any of my mistakes.

I am the author of my life. Unfortunately I'm writing in pen and I can't erase any of my mistakes.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

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.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.

No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.