Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes

Mistakes don't scare me or bother me. If I feel like I made the same mistake twice, then I feel like I've really screwed up. But if I make one mistake and learn from it, hey, to me in the game of life it's just as important to know what doesn't work as what does. So I think mistakes are a good thing.

Risks, I like to say, always pay off. You learn what to do, or what not to do.

The only way to progress is to make mistakes… We are learning the hard way.

Any mistakes that I make is an investment in my future.

To a certain extent, I enjoy failure. It's part of the game. There's always room to grow; there's room to improve.

One of the most valuable lessons I learned...is that we all have to learn from our mistakes, and we learn from those mistakes a lot more than we learn from the things we succeeded in doing.

You learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The truth is, you don't learn from success; you learn from failure.

I make plenty of mistakes and I'll make plenty more mistakes, too. That's part of the game. You've just got to make sure that the right things overcome the wrong ones.

Do not be afraid of mistakes, provided you do not make the same one twice.

Making mistakes doesn't mean that what you did was a failure, or the wrong take. It was just a 'mis-take.' You need to go back and do another take. In each take there is a lesson.

Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

Mistakes are nothing to be ashamed of.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

You are going to fail, and failing, for me, is as joyful as succeeding. Failing means that there is something to learn, and we can improve and do it better next time.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

I always say the minute I stop making mistakes is the minute I stop learning and I've definitely learned a lot.

There's nothing wrong with failing if you learn from it, and I've failed out here plenty.

It's important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, 'Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,' then you realize you have no fear, and when your fear goes away, you can move the world.

Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.

Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.

Of course it's important to make mistakes, as long as you grow from them.