“We either learn from our and other people’s mistakes, or we imitate them and learn the hard way.” — E.N. Joy Copy Share Image
All leaders make mistakes. They are a part of life. Successful leaders recognize their errors, learn from them, and work to correct… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“As you listen to political speech, notice those occasions when politicians and other leaders use the passive voice to avoid responsibility for… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
Much worse than the unavoidable inefficiencies of large government is the failure to fund the government we need. — Richard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Every month they give an award to the teacher who took a risk and failed most dramatically, and that award is as… — Grant Lichtman Copy Share Image
Diversify, because that helps reduce risk. And you can diversify outside the United States. Some people would never invest in Europe -… — Robert J. Shiller Copy Share Image
That is my principal objection to life, I think: It's too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint. — Leon Bloy Copy Share Image
“Most people will never start a business because nine out of ten companies fail. But those that win, in the end, even… — Pook Copy Share Image
We are dominated by everything with which our self is identified. We can dominate and control everything from which we disidentify ourselves.… — Roberto Assagioli Copy Share Image
“He’s not so bad, he thought. He’s graceful in defeat. That’s a quality that belongs to a phoenix among men. • •… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
Any trouble or problems facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure.… — Glen Rambharack Copy Share Image
“Thinking too much just brings it back to me, me, me—but thanking takes my eyes off myself and my mistakes and puts… — Elizabeth Musser Copy Share Image
You have to make a mistake to succeed. If anybody came to you and says 'I'm always winning,' something's not right there.… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
I've wanted to win at everything, every day, since I was a kid. And time doesn't change a person, it just helps… — Dara Torres Copy Share Image
Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just… — W H Auden Copy Share Image
It's a grave mistake in publishing, whether you're talking about Internet or print publication, to try to play to a limited repertoire… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and… — Jose Ramos-Horta Copy Share Image
Exams are like Girlfriends..Too many questions,Difficult to understand,More explanations needed.And the result is mostly failure..!. — Simi Ngr Copy Share Image
Marrying early was a very big mistake. Everyone warned me but I felt I was in love and ignored their advice. I… — Shefali Zariwala Copy Share Image
People make mistakes all the time. We learn and grow. If there's patience and love, and you care for people, you can… — Pete Carroll Copy Share Image
Rejection doesn't have to mean you aren't good enough; it often just means the other person failed to notice what you have… — Ash Sweeney Copy Share Image
I make small mistakes every day. But major mistakes? It doesn't seem so. I've examined my service to the Tibetan people and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Don't let fear of failure discourage you. Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you - whether that voice comes from the… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Denial of our pattern of failure seems to be a kind of practical atheism or chosen ignorance among many believers and clergy. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
If you are deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being then you will be unhappy for the rest… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America is one of the few places where the failure to promote oneself is widely regarded as arrogance. — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Grit, which they defined as the tendency to work strenuously toward challenges, maintaining effort and interest over years despite failure, adversity, and… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
Life is an apprenticeship to the constant renunciations, to the steady failure of our claims, our hopes, our powers, our liberty. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Donald Trump was seen for quite a long time as a punchline, the jokes about the excesses and the failures of the… — Timothy L. O'Brien Copy Share Image
It's not your mistake if you cant read the eyes which cheats you. But it's really your mistake if you cant read… — Ally Mbululo Copy Share Image
I may cry if you hurt me, I may fail if you trust me but I will always be there for you… — Usman Ismaheel Copy Share Image
Mistakes are a fact of life. If you are willing to be wrong then you have earned the right to be right. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
“If you try, you've got a chance at succeeding. Failure isn't guaranteed. If you don't even try at all, you've already failed.” — Christi Barth Copy Share Image
“Failure is when you give up. A real winner is someone that doesn't give up, even when it feels like they are… — Joshua Hartzell Copy Share Image
“I wasn't the Protector-I was an assassin. Every step I had taken to stop the end was a failure. Each choice I… — M.R. Merrick Copy Share Image
I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
