377 quotes found
“A man finds he has been wrong at every stage of his career only to deduce the astonishing conclusion that he is at last entirely right.”
“One loss is good for the soul. Too many losses are not good for the coach.”
“In all science error precedes the truth and it is better it should go first than last.”
“In the game of life it's a good idea to have a few early losses which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.”
“Virtually nothing comes out right the first time. Failures repeated failures are finger posts on the road to achievement. The only time you don't want to fail is the last time you try something.....”
“A clever man commits no minor blunders.”
“Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.”
“No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.”
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs and comes short again and again who knows the great en...”
“The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.”
“There is something distinguished about even his failures they sink not trivially but with a certain air of majesty like a great ship its flags flying full of holes.”
“If all else fails immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.”
“In a great mistake.”
“Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.”
“If you have made mistakes even serious mistakes there is always another chance for you.”
“Life like war is a series of mistakes and he is best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes.”
“A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.”
“The great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and to continually make a new man of himself.”
“It is only error in judgement to make a mistake but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.”
“It is human to err but it is devilish to remain willfully in error.”
