377 quotes found
“Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More Bacon Grotius Pascal Cromwell Bossuet Montesquieu Jefferson Napoleon Pitt etc. They would be an Encyclopedia of Errors.”
“Flops are a part of life's menu and Eve never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.”
“All men are liable to error and most men are ... by passion or interest under temptation to it.”
“Show me a person who has never made a mistake and Ell show you somebody who has never achieved much.”
“We all choke and the man who says he doesn't choke is lying like hell. We all leak oil.”
“He who has never failed somewhere that man cannot be great.”
“For a just man falleth seven times and riseth up again.”
“To make no mistake is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
“Accept that all of us can be hurt that all of us can - and surely will at times - fail. Other vulnerabilities like being embarrassed or risking love can be terrifying too. I think we should follow ...”
“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.”
“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.......”
“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 enthus...”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
