Joko Beck Quotes

I'm still learning, and that's what life is about.

Success is a poor teacher. We learn the most about ourselves when we fail, so don't be afraid of failing. Failing is part of the process of success. You cannot have success without failure.

Too late, I found you can't wait to become perfect, you got to go out and fall down and get up with everybody else.

Life is not life unless you make mistakes

Make your mistakes, next year and forever.

The gateways to wisdom and learning are always open, and more and more I am choosing to walk through them. Barriers, blocks, obstacles, and problems are personal teachers giving me the opportunity to move out of the past and into the Totality of Possibilities.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

You can discover great things through 'mistakes.'

I think you have to try and fail, because failure gets you closer to what you're good at.

I tried to get into the National Youth Theatre and didn't, and I tried to get into drama school and didn't, and then I went to university and was really delighted that I went there. I think having the word 'no' can be quite creative.

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

Life is very interesting if you make mistakes.

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.

For all its ups and downs and challenges, I love writing. We only grow through adversity, so I welcome the difficulties, knowing bumps in the road are my greatest teachers.

Tasting failure, even when you truly believe in a project, is a critical part of the growth process.

Success can be a horrible teacher.

If it comes as a constant surprise each and every time something unexpected occurs, you're not only going to be miserable whenever you attempt something big, you're going to have a much harder time accepting it and moving on to attempts two, three, and four.

The best thing we can do with rejection is to make it a learning experience - rejection is a great teacher.

There's no way that you can live an adequate life without making many mistakes.

Failure is a teacher; a harsh one, but the best.

Failure is success training.

You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.

If you write a hundred short stories and they're all bad, that doesn't mean you've failed. You fail only if you stop writing.