You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

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

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

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and read more

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in the future.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

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!