Bad Quote by Ben Bernanke

A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.

— Thomas A. Edison

It is often the mistakes of others that benefit the rest of us and, sadly, not them ... For the antifragile, harm from errors…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Honesty is the fastest way to prevent a mistake from turning into a failure.

— James Altucher

Anything that is successful is a series of mistakes.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

The mingled incentives which lead to action are often too subtle and lie too deep for us to analyze.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error.

— Thomas Jefferson

But every error is due to extraneous factors (such as emotion and education); reason itself does not err.

— Kurt Gödel

We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions when…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“Do not always assume motive where human error will suffice.”

— Olen Steinhauer

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.

— Thomas A. Edison

“Maintaining one’s vigilance against biases is a chore—but the chance to avoid a costly mistake is sometimes worth the effort.”

— Daniel Kahneman

Just about every error has a technical and psychological component: get good at discovering those connections

— Joshua Waitzkin