It is not a mistake to commit a mistake, for no one commits a mistake knowing it to be one. But it is a mistake not to correct the mistake after knowing it to be one. If you are afraid of committing a mistake, you are afraid of doing anything at all. You will correct your mistakes whenever you find them.
To others, being wrong is a source of shame; to me, recognizing my mistakes is a source of pride.
I'm only rich because I know when I'm wrong...I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
If one doesn't know his mistakes, he won't want to correct them.
There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, but one should always make new ones. Repeating mistakes is a hallmark of dim consciousness.
I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.
I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.
I don't panic. The same thing applies to me as to everybody else, so I'm given to euphoria and despair. And I would say that I basically have survived by recognizing my mistakes.
People can't learn from mistakes if they don't see them.
The only way you can learn is by analysing yourself and taking in your mistakes.
It's not a weakness to admit that you're wrong.
I know my own mistakes; I know when I have to do better.
You know, the mark of intelligence is realizing when you're making the same mistake over and over and over again, and not hitting your head in the wall five hundred times before you understand that it's not a clever thing to do.
Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and put them right as soon as possible and put those behind them into account, bring them to account.
I watch all our games again at home and I know when I have made a mistake and when I haven't.
You've got to be able to look at your thoughts on paper and discover what a fool you were.
I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value, but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.
I believe acknowledging our own mistakes is half the problem solved.
We had to support our player and genuinely felt, like Rio has said, that it was an honest mistake. It is important to know that Manchester United never said, and Rio Ferdinand never said, that a mistake hadn't been made.
I'm never really aware of mistakes I've made when I'm commentating or on TV, I'm sure they happen sometimes and I guess it makes for a more interesting experience!
