Daniel Dennett Quotes

You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself.

Those who profit from adversity possess a spirit of humility and are therefore inclined to make the necessary changes needed to learn from their mistakes, failures, and losses. ... When we are focused too much on ourselves, we lose perspective. Humility allows us to regain perspective and see the big picture. ... Humility allows us to let go of perfection and keep trying.

Be sensitive to your mistakes. Put it on the wall for a couple of weeks. It may be that you can learn more from the study of your own work than from others.

I'm glad I've been wrong enough to keep in practice. . . You can't avoid it, you've got to learn to handle it. If you only come face to face with your own mistakes once or twice in your life it's bound to be extra painful. I face mine every day--that way they ain't usually much worse than a dry shave.

Every time I make a mistake with a company, I write it out and try to figure out why it happened.

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.

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.

I set out to understand how we got it so wrong and what can we learn from the fact that we did.

The only way you can learn is by analysing yourself and taking in your mistakes.

If I make a mistake I try to use it as a lesson and try to improve on it.

I've always been good at realising what went wrong and stuff, and I was always being able to look at the positives from it.

I like to give myself time to deal with an issue. I get to the root of the matter and learn from it. I don't like to repeat mistakes.

I think as you make mistakes, the No. 1 thing you've got to do is learn from them and not just make excuses for them. I've made more than anybody, probably.

People can't learn from mistakes if they don't see them.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.

If people are looking for someone who has never changed their mind and is unwilling to admit they make mistakes, that's not me.

To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.

Check up each week on the progress you are making. Ask yourself what mistakes you have made, what improvement, what lessons you have learned for the future.

I like people admitting they were complete stupid horses' asses. I know I'll perform better if I rub my nose in my mistakes. This is a wonderful trick to learn.

I love to be challenged because I'm wrong a lot of the times.

I don’t think it's weak to admit you made a mistake. That takes strength, if you ask me.

Sometimes you gotta stand by your failures to recognize your success

Thinking of someone else is what got me damned. It’s a mistake I don’t want to repeat. (Xypher) You know sometimes it’s by repeating our mistakes that we realize what went wrong the first time. Knowing that, we’re able to fix the mistake and move past it. (Acheron)