Quotes about Learning from Mistakes

Don’t lose sight of what mistakes really are…

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.” ~ Henry Ford

“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged.” ~ Lucille Ball

“A person only profits from praise when he values criticism.” ~ Heinrich Heine, German Poet

“Challenges are gifts, opportunities to learn.” ~ Andy Andrews, The Traveler’s Gift

“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” ~ Conrad Hilton

“If you don’t know what you are doing wrong, you can never know what you are doing right.” ~ Chen Xinhua

“Landing on your butt twenty thousand times is where great performance comes from.” ~ Geoff Colvin

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” ~ John Wooden

“Sometimes you win and sometimes you learn.” ~ Unknown

“All great speakers were bad speakers first.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

“Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.” ~ African Proverb

“Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.” ~ Zig Ziglar

“Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.” ~ Bruce Lee