--- title: "8 Use Mistakes Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Use Mistakes quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Use Mistakes sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/tynan-36104_attention_use-your-mistakes-to-focus-they-draw-att_403668.jpg" --- > [“Use your mistakes to focus. They draw attention to an area that needs more attention, so give it that attention.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tynan/use-your-mistakes-to-focus-they-draw-attention-to-an-area-that-needs/) [Tynan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tynan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/tynan-36104_attention_use-your-mistakes-to-focus-they-draw-att_403668.jpg) > [Girl, I'm not looking at you, I'm looking past you... If I wanted to move forward with my life, Then I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/becka-miller/girl-i-m-not-looking-at-you-i-m-looking-past-you-if-i-wanted-to-move/) [Becka Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/becka-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/becka-miller-13551_failure_girl-i-m-not-looking-at-you-i-m-looking_941964.jpg) > [Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-antonioni/sometimes-actors-mistakes-give-me-ideas-i-can-use-because-mistakes/) [Michelangelo Antonioni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo-antonioni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52b/michelangelo-antonioni-4776_actors_sometimes-actors-mistakes-give-me-ideas_994304.png) > [Don't try to be perfect. Life isn't; no one is. Use mistakes and mishaps as opportunities to grow tolerance and to teach.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teri-hatcher/don-t-try-to-be-perfect-life-isn-t-no-one-is-use-mistakes-and-mishaps/) [Teri Hatcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teri-hatcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59b/teri-hatcher-9359_accidents_don-t-try-to-be-perfect-life-isn-t-no-on_1035735.jpg) > [“We all make mistakes. And some of them are really bad... But that doesn't mean we're allowed to use those mistakes as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fine/we-all-make-mistakes-and-some-of-them-are-really-bad-but-that-doesn-t/) [Sarah Fine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-fine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/sarah-fine-28690_failure_we-all-make-mistakes-and-some-of-them-ar_1073207.jpg) > [Sticking to good habits can be hard work, and mistakes are part of the process. Don't declare failure simply because you messed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-morin/sticking-to-good-habits-can-be-hard-work-and-mistakes-are-part-of-the/) [Amy Morin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-morin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efa/amy-morin-4409_failure_sticking-to-good-habits-can-be-hard-work_1145482.jpg) > [Mistakes are part of life, everyone makes them, everyone regrets them. But, some learn from them and some end up making them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernajoy-vaal/mistakes-are-part-of-life-everyone-makes-them-everyone-regrets-them/) [Bernajoy Vaal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernajoy-vaal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/bernajoy-vaal-524_art-of-life_mistakes-are-part-of-life-everyone-makes_2174633.jpg) > [You have to choose to use mistakes as learning opportunities and leave them behind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-bardsley/you-have-to-choose-to-use-mistakes-as-learning-opportunities-and/) [Karen Bardsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-bardsley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d54/karen-bardsley-10850_behind_you-have-to-choose-to-use-mistakes-as-le_2906931.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/use-mistakes/#itemlist", "name": "Use Mistakes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Use your mistakes to focus. 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