A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.

Making a different mistake every day is not only acceptable, it is the definition of progress.

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.

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.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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.

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called 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!