But there are mistakes that are necessary. Sometimes you have to die a little bit to get back to live a little longer.
Breakup, BeginningBenedict WellsI make mistakes like the next man. In fact, being - forgive me - rather cleverer than most men, my mistakes tend to be correspondingly huger.
IntelligenceAlbus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceIt's just that... I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.
Life, Beginning, ScarsSarah Dessen in The Truth About ForeverI've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Ambition, BasketballMichael JordanYou can never make the same mistake twice. Because the second time you make it, it's not a mistake, it's a choise.
DecisionsUnknownAnyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new.
Albert EinsteinMistakes are not shackles that halt one from stepping forward. Rather, they are that which sustain and grow one's heart.
Mavis Vermillion in Fairy TailThere's a benefit about losing: you get to learn from your mistakes.
Experience, LearningMegamind, by Megamind'Destiny, chance, fate, fortune -they're all just ways of claiming your success without claiming your failures.'
- Gerrard of the Weatherlight
I make mistakes
Just like everybody else
But instead of letting go of it
I can't forgive myself
Sometimes our best decisions are the ones that don't make any sense at all.
DecisionsTed Mosby in How I Met Your Mother, Season 5 Episode 20Examined from another angle, your faults and weaknesses can be weapons.
WeaknessesNagisa Shiota in Assassination ClassroomWhenever you leave behind failure, you're doing good. If you think everything you've done is great, you're probably dumb.
Louis C. K.Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
Forgiveness & MercyColossians, 3, 13'Of course I do,' he said. 'Failing sucks. But it's better than the alternative.'
'Which is?'
'Not even trying.' Now he did look at me, straight on.
'Life's short, you know?'
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Experience, BeginningSamuel BeckettSometimes, even when you know something's a mistake, you gotta make it anyway.
Fate & DestinyTed Mosby in How I Met Your MotherThe difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.
Teachers, MotivationKoro-Sensei in Assassination ClassroomA failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
Beginning, MotivationB. F. SkinnerIt is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.
Taking action, MotivationJoanne K. RowlingI like flaws. I think they make things interesting.
Sarah Dessen in The Truth About ForeverHuman beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality.
Fate & Destiny, Criminal MindsJohn HawksI have no confidence in a man whose faults you cannot see.
Edward DahlbergThe failures that we have are sometimes expensive educations.
Ashton KutcherYou can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really look at things in a different way and want to improve. Every player will have both in their careers and I have, but what you get is that experience which is so important to perform at your best.
Success, BeginningWayne Rooney'You want to talk about failure?' He looked up at me, meeting my eyes. 'Try being the one who was driving. Who got to live.'
GuiltSarah Dessen in Along for the RideThe cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.
Foolishness, IntelligenceFyodor DostoevskyI didn't fear failure. I expected failure.
Amy TanIf I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
Tallulah BankheadBury your mistakes!
Rupert MurdochI don't make mistakes. I make prophecies which immediately turn out to be wrong.
Murray WalkerFailure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.
Joe BidenA man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
Losing & DefeatJohn Burroughs