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Learning From Your Mistakes

A mistake you don't learn from is just a loss — a mistake you do learn from becomes tuition.

50 quotes found

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If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person.

—Simone de BeauvoirExistentialist Philosopher & Feminist

Post-War ERA • Western Europe

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Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

—Bruce LeeMartial Artist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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Through experience, we gain wisdom. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn and grow.

—Dalai Lama (14th)Spiritual Leader

Contemporary ERA • East Asia

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I must learn to be content with my lot.

—Jane AustenNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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Don't shy away from discomfort. Lean into it. It's how we grow.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

—Honoré de BalzacNovelist

Industrial Age ERA • Western Europe

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It's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done.

—Sholem AleichemAuthor

Early Modern ERA • Eastern Europe

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You are not a museum of mistakes. You are a gallery of scars and stories.

—Nikita GillPoet & Author

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my own ship.

—Louisa May AlcottNovelist & Poet

Industrial Age ERA • North America

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Failure is not the opposite of success, it's a necessary part of it.

—Jessica AbelAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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I'm still learning how to love myself.

—CelesteScholar & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • Caribbean

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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself.

—Barack ObamaPresident

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Though grief shadows my path, my spirit finds strength to endure each dawn.

—Layla al-AkhyaliyyaPoet

Medieval ERA • MENA

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What is important is not to have been without fault, but to have risen again.

—Friedrich SchillerPoet, Philosopher & Playwright

Enlightenment ERA • Western Europe

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The past holds lessons, but the future holds promise.

—Seydou Badian KouyatéPlaywright, Novelist & Politician

Post-War ERA • West Africa

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Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

—Samuel BeckettNovelist & Playwright

Late Modern ERA • Western Europe

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

—AristotlePhilosopher & Scientist

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

—Helen KellerAuthor

Early Modern ERA • North America

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Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up when you can't control the outcome.

—Brené BrownAuthor

Digital Age ERA • North America

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You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

—Marcus AureliusEmperor & Philosopher

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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