English Proverb or Saying Quotes

Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

The statesman must weigh the rewards of success against the penalties of failure. And he is permitted only one guess.

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

How easy it is to judge rightly after one sees what evil comes from judging wrongly.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.

You can't talk your way out of something you behaved your way into.

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

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

I've done well over time but made lots of mistakes, too. Learn from your mistakes.

The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There's always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

I've made a lot of mistakes and I don't regret any of them. Sometimes that's the only way you learn.

Failure's a natural part of life.

The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.

I understand that I'm not perfect. I made mistakes and I had a hand in everything that's happened to me, good and bad.

When there's no one you can point to, or when something goes wrong, it's your fault - that level of responsibility and accountability is pretty interesting.

Life is very interesting if you make mistakes.

I had everything working my way, strong as a bull. And still I ignored the rules of the game of life.

Some situations you cause yourself.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Keep your eyes open. Make mistakes - because you will anyway - and remember that small stuff stinks but that it's also essential.

I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.