Failure Quote by Roger Scruton

Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

— Nelson Mandela

“Mistakes aren’t a necessary evil. They aren’t evil at all. They are an inevitable consequence of doing something new (and, as such, should be…

— Ed Catmull

Stalin made mistakes. He made mistakes towards us, for example, in 1927. He made mistakes towards the Yugoslavs too. One cannot advance without mistakes...…

— Mao Zedong

Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and put them…

— Hosni Mubarak

“Mistakes means misplaced priorities.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“most people interpret this assertion is that mistakes are a necessary evil. Mistakes aren’t a necessary evil. They aren’t evil at all. They are…

— Ed Catmull

“His first—and worst—mistake was blindly doing what he was told to do. Without questioning their methods or their motives, he allowed politicians to make…

— Tom Robbins

“Everyone makes mistakes. Mistakes are forgivable. But you must learn from them – not continue to make the same ones again and again. Such…

— Anonymous

“Only fools saw mistakes as a bad thing—mistakes were experience, no matter how good or bad.”

— Sean R. Frazier

“Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned.…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

“Leaders make a lot of mistakes but they admit those mistakes to themselves and change because of them.”

— Stan Slap

“The failure of decision makers to grapple with the inner workings of their own minds, and their desire to indulge their gut feelings, made…

— Michael Lewis