Is man merely a mistake of God’s? Or God merely a mistake of man?
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.
Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.
We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.
You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
The minute you stop making mistakes is the minute you stop learning.
When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
Mistake is a mistake only if you make it twice.
When something goes wrong, smile, because there’s always a next play.
Never mistake motion for action.
Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.
Time brings an end to everything. We should not mistake for a tragedy what is no more than the passage of time.
To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.