John Legend Quotes

Don't be frightened of failure. It makes you stronger if you learn from your mistakes.

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

Failure is a learning experience, and the guy who has never failed has never done anything.

It is only through failure and through experiment that we learn and grow.

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

The only way you improve is to try new things.

All my life I have gone out on a limb, but I have turned the limb into a bridge, and there is cool, clear water flowing under.

Failures are life's way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school.

Choose a challenge instead of competence

All those hours exploring the great outdoors made me more resilient and confident.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

Regret is pointless. I never do anything without first deciding to do it based on facts and feelings, and if it doesn't work out how I hoped, oh well - there's another notch on my experience belt.

Take those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative, you'll never know. I truly believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

I learned to always take on things I'd never done before.

Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.

I've permitted myself to learn and to fail with some regularity. And that is probably the one thing I was given, and that I'm still grateful for.

It's important that people are open. Some people say, 'I'm going to be a doctor,' and they're a really good doctor. But for the rest of us, it's a big question mark. Just giving yourself a break, letting yourself try new things, and when something doesn't work out, moving along... it's all we can really do.

I take all of my life lessons, which some people might call 'mistakes,' and apply them to my future so that I keep growing.

If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.

You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.

The bad experiences make you stronger and makes you focus on the next project.

Making mistakes is a lot better than not doing anything.

I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.