Erica Durance Quotes

Don't be afraid to make mistakes and be able to laugh at yourself.

I'll never be a non-stumbler. I'll be a forgiven stumbler, but never a non-stumbler.

Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

I never professed to be perfect. I do something wrong or something stupid, I laugh at myself.

I like to believe in the good in people. But we're all going to screw up from time to time. It just happens. It really is how our best growth occurs.

It took me a while to learn, but we are allowed to make mistakes and have flaws.

I tried to laugh early on about ego and pride... I do something great and then I do something really dumb and then I laugh. You'll always be that kid.

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

You make mistakes. Mistakes don't make you.

Even when you've made mistakes in life, you can still contribute and pick up the stuff and move on.

I made decisions that I regret, and I took them as learning experiences... I'm human, not perfect, like anybody else.

The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.

We make a mess of things sometimes but that doesn't make you bad - it makes you human.

It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how we recover from those mistakes.

It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life.

My desire is to stand up and brush myself off when I make mistakes and ask for forgiveness.

I want people to learn from me, see I'm human, and understand that I make mistakes just like they do, but it doesn't have to consume you. You've got to walk through the raindrops, and that's totally what I am trying to do.

We're all screwed up. And the way Christians mess things up is we act like we've got it going on. And if we would just stay in that place of, 'Hey, we're all screwed up and but for the grace of God, none of us have a shot here.' We need to have a sense of humor about it; that's kind of the way I've always faced my comedy.

I have made a lot of mistakes.

Redemption is not perfection. The redeemed must realize their imperfections.

It's been hard, but I've finally come to the realization that it's okay to not be perfect.

I'm most proud of the blessings that God has bestowed upon me, in my life. He's given me the vision to truly see that you can fall down, but you can still get back up. Hopefully I'll learn from my mistakes and have the opportunity to strengthen and improve the next thing I do.