I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

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!

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

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

You cannot step into the same river twice.

You cannot step into the same river twice.

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.

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.

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.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.

One must be a god to be able to tell successes from failures without making a mistake.