Not willing to make more mistakes leads to less success.

The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.

The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.

I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going but I’m on my way.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.

The thought of only being a creature of the present and the past was troubling. I longed for a future, too, with hope in it. The desire to be free, awakened my determination to act, to think, and to speak.

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot foresee.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

The opposite is beneficial; from things that differ comes the fastest fairest attunement; all things are born through strife.

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

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible. The kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the induction of a new order of things.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.