Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.
If we can keep ourselves from interfering with the natural laws of life, mistakes can be our child's finest teachers.
Acknowledging mistakes and learning from them are the first steps.
Computers absolutely changed my life. Before I had a computer, I had never written one thing. Not one thing. I'm a very bad speller and I was embarrassed by that. When I would type, the little mistake...
Men are men they needs must err.
Better a false belief than no belief at all.
Who would not rather flounder in the fight than not have known the glory of the fray?
Most people don't plan to fail they fail to plan.
Failure is usually the line of least persistence.
The man who fails because he aims astray or because he does not aim at all is to be found everywhere.
Failure is the foundation of success and the means by which it is achieved.
The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.
In the past few women have tried and even fewer have succeeded.
There are defeats more triumphant than victories.
It is only error in judgement to make a mistake but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.
A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
Half the things that people do not succeed in are through fear of making the attempt.
What cannot be repaired is not to be regretted.
Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.
Our worst can become our best if mistakes are gathered like twigs of a bird's nest, giving one true foundation, a spiritual home to build their life upon.