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Living With Our Mistakes…

February 13th, 2006 | Category: One Liners, Realities

It is totally impossible to live without making mistakes. One key to our growth is learning from our mistakes. One key to our character is the ability to forgive the mistakes of others.

A man who is afraid to make mistakes is unlikely to make anything. — John Cleese

You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself. — Sam Levenson

6 Comments so far

  1. Joel February 14th, 2006 1:51 am

    Sometimes it seems like all one can make is mistakes.

  2. MaryB February 14th, 2006 10:04 am

    I was gonna say the same thing, Joel! Yep. Sometimes I seem to be the world’s Number One manufacturer of mistakes. Do I really need that much education, I wonder?

  3. John B. February 14th, 2006 11:33 am

    As I read this, the Cleese quote in particular, I was reminded of this recent post

    http://bittersweetblue.blogspot.com/2006/02/is-reality-good.html

    by Ariel over at his blog, Bittersweet Blue.

  4. andrea February 14th, 2006 3:32 pm

    Excellent reminder. Those who never make mistakes never take risks and what do those who never take risks accomplish…?

  5. Winston February 14th, 2006 6:14 pm

    Thanks to all of you. And to JohnB, the link and the discussion going on there blew my mind. It quite aptly fits with another line of thinking I’ve been having. Good stuff there. Thanks!

  6. Maria February 15th, 2006 12:21 am

    Lots to think about in those quotations. I’ve made my share of mistakes and hopefully I have learned a little about forgiving. Now I am off to read
    what Ariel has to say.