It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
I love fool’s experiments. I am always making them.
- Topic: Mistakes
- Location: Honduras, Roatan
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
More Quotes from Charles Darwin
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection.
Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable thought that he and all other sentient beings are doomed to complete annihilation after such long-continued slow progress. To those who fully admit the immortality of the human soul, the destruction of our world will not appear so dreadful.
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More on Mistakes
There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.
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.
Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
In school, you are given the lesson first. One the street, you're given the mistake first and then it's up to you to find the lesson, if you ever find it.
