If you don't allow for error, how do you expect to succeed?

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

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.

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

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

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

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

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.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

We ought not to let either our joy at their faults or our grief at their success be idle, but in either case we ought to reflect, how we may become better than them by avoiding their errors, and by imitating their virtues not come short of them.

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young.

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

Limitations are merely opportunities to grow. I use them as stepping stones to success.

The secret of success is conviction and persistence.

Unsuccessful people make decisions based on current situations. Successful people make decisions based on where they want to be.

It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure.

The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch Or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!