Mistakes Quotes

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Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
- Anonymous

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There is no mistake, there has been no mistake, and there shall be no mistake.
- Anonymous

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When you make a mistake, admit it. If you don’t, you only make matters worse.
- Anonymous

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A mistake in judgment isn’t fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.
- Anonymous

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Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
- James Joyce

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Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
- Anonymous

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To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
- Peter McWilliams

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My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.
- Anonymous

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Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.
- Anonymous

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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
- Anonymous

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An error doesn’t become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
- Anonymous

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No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.
- Turkish Proverb

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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
- Isaac Asimov

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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
- Cicero

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Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
- Mark Twain

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Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.
- Ingvar Kamprad

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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
- Ralph Nader

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Undesirable circumstances are the consequences of bad mistakes but life is full of change and decisions. Do not forget it only takes one person to make a decision to change the world. Living life in undesirable situations is the result of regretting life itself and time never stops to fix our mistakes. Do not give up time for mistakes; instead make a change for you to prepare for the right decisions.

Submitted by Cesar Quintero.
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A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
- John C. Maxwell

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Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
- Confucius

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From error to error one discovers the entire truth.
- Sigmund Freud

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I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.
- Dan Quayle

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Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
- Sophia Loren

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Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.
- James A. Froude

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Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
- Phyllis Therous

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