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 mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

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

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.

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!

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

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.

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

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

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.