Barack Obama Quotes

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

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

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?

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)

As long as we are human, we are destined to make mistakes. We all fall prey to flawed beliefs and views. What separates a forward-looking person from an intransigent one, a virtuous person from a malevolent one, however, is whether one can candidly admit to ones mistakes and take bold steps to redress them.

I believe that you go through your past and you learn what you learn for whatever reason. I'm just glad I'm not making fifteen-year-old mistakes at twenty-six - I got that out of the way.

It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all his mistakes.

You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.

A full and candid admission of one's mistakes should make proof against its repetition.

After every mistake, we need to understand that we can look back and learn-so that we can move forward with confidence and avoid making the same mistake again.

It is only an error of judgment to make a mistake, but it argues an infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

Some positive persisting fops we know, Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so; But you with pleasure own your errors past, And make each day a critique on the last.

I have made a few mistakes early on that I admit myself, and there have been times when I have gone over the top and done things that you shouldn't do in international cricket, but that's how you learn.

I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective, but I think that stemmed from insecurity or shyness. I took a long time to grow up.

You know, the benefit in life is to say, 'Maybe you made a mistake, let's dig deep.'

Unfortunates learn from their own mistakes, and the lucky ones learn from other's mistakes.

I think you're always trying to figure yourself out and mistakes that you've made.

I'm my biggest critic of myself when I make mistakes.

I do always look back and feel faintly embarrassed by anything I've done in the past. I think that's not a terrible thing, because if you don't do that, how are you growing and moving forward?

I have made my mistakes and learnt from those.

Me personally, I know I've made mistakes.

Consciousness of error is, to a certain extent, a consciousness of understanding; and correction of error is the plainest proof of energy and mastery.

There's no doubt that probably at least once a week, maybe once a day, I said, "Ah, I should have done that better."

There were mistakes that I made that I did learn from. When you don't have responsibilities, the only responsibility is for yourself, but when you have someone there to mentor you, then you don't make stupid mistakes.