Sarah Dessen Quotes

I've never been able to learn from other people's mistakes - I'm not that smart - so I usually learn by trial by fire.

I can only put myself in the process and try to learn through the process. Sometimes it will go well and sometimes it won't.

Life isn't about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.

A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed—I know well. For it is a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

I don't consider myself supremely talented, but I really like to try things and sift through it and see what mess I made.

Sometimes, we find what we want by also finding out what you don't want. All of that is trial and error. Once you're in that pit, the trial and error is important. It's up to us; we've got to keep moving forward.

For me, I love the path that I have taken on. I take all of my experiences; I eliminate all of the bad and take all of the positive.

There are just times when it seems you can't do anything wrong. Then there are other times when whatever you do is wrong. I think I could have had more drive. I was never very ambitious.

Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection.

Man errs, till he has ceased to strive.

I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain.

Failure shows us the way - by showing us what isn't the way.

When we face our problems, they disappear. So learn from failure and let success be the silent incentive.

Choose a challenge instead of competence

It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.

You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.

I have a tendency to pick up my own challenges. The more difficult something it is, the more I want to try it.

One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.

Concentrate and think upon the problem in mind until a satisfactory conclusion is reached, and then finally go ahead. If you have made a mistake, all right. Never find fault with a man because he has made a mistake. It is only a fool that makes the same mistake the second time.

I have found that I always learn more from my mistakes than from my successes. If you aren't making some mistakes, you aren't taking enough chances.

Why do I want to be challenged or have challenges? That's why I don't go climb mountains.

Learning how to work and learning how to fail is important.

I used to like to dig myself a hole just to see how long it took to get out of it.

Most of the time I believe in letting kids go ahead and make their own mistakes - maybe even get a little hurt - and learn from them.

I'm trying figuring out how to be the best person I can be. But it's been a process of trial and error.