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When people fail, we are inclined to find fault with them, but if you look more closely, you will find that God had some particular truth for them to learn, which the trouble they are in is to teach t...

Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.

If a mistake is not a stepping stone, it is a mistake.

Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries. Truth is uniform and narrow; it constantly exists, and does not se...

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

The prefrontal cortex is responsible for the success of the human species. It enables us to learn from our mistakes and make plans. When the PFC is healthy, we behave consistently in ways that enable ...

We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Today is Yesterday's Pupil.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

The point of discourse is to learn with and from one another. I used to tell my students that at least 20 percent of what I was telling them was wrong, but I didn't know which 20 percent it was: I...

My wife, Ruth…was one of those who could lighten heavy hearts, especially mine. I will never forget when she announced what she wanted engraved on her gravestone, and for those who have so respectfull...

“We learn from failure, not from success!”

When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.

“My mistakes are my life.” How It Is

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying… that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

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

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

“A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

"A step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction."

We know mistakes were made.

To err isn’t human after all. To err is, cosmically speaking, an anomaly. That’s why we can’t bear the imperfection in ourselves and in others.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive ner...

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.