Can anything positive arise out of a mistake? How do successful entrepreneurs and drop out billionaires handle mistakes in business? How do I learn from my business mistakes? How do I learn from my mistakes in life? What advice can you give to an individual who’s afraid of making mistakes? If you seek answer to any of the questions above, please read on.
Certain mistakes in business are unavoidable. In fact, I never intended writing anything with respect to making mistakes in business and life in general but I was drawn to air my view on mistakes because of the diverse perceptions I have seen and heard.
This famous life quotes about making mistakes is a follow up to previous articles I have written with respect to making mistakes in life and business. Right from my early years in life, I have heard several things being said with respect to mistakes. Some of the most popular statements I hear about mistakes are:
“Mistakes are bad.”
“I hate making mistakes; I hate being laughed at.”
“I can’t risk making a mistake; I will look like a fool.”
“I am a perfectionist; I wait for the right time to do things. I don’t want to make mistakes.”
So with respect to the different ideologies and perception about mistakes, I am going to share with you 25 famous life quotes about making mistakes. These famous life quotes were extracted from the speeches of some of the most famous people in the world. So I will advice you keep an open mind and absorb the lessons about making mistakes in life.
25 Life Quotes about Making Mistakes from 25 Successful People
1. “I’ve had all kinds of adversity, but I think you have to put those things in perspective. I have to go back to my experience in the Marine Corps. My life has been a walk in the park compared to the adversity that a lot of people have seen. I’ve enjoyed every bit of putting the company together. Even the bad parts I learned from. I’ve enjoyed it immensely, and I enjoy what I’m doing today. I enjoy running the company.” – Fred Smith
2. “It would hurt. But we’ll dust ourselves off and we’ll come back.” – Gerry Schwartz
3. “Most of what I learned as an entrepreneur was by trial and error.” – Gordon Moore
4 “If I have made a mistake in the design, then I’m the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.” – Howard Hughes
5. “The biggest mistake was that I didn’t hire all the right people. I should have done better reference checks. I should have defined the roles in a much more professional manner. I hired people who just couldn’t do the job.” – Lilian Vernon
6. “With every effort, I learned a lot. With every mistake and failure, not only mine, but of those around me, I learned what not to do. I also got to study the success of those I did business with as well. I had more than a healthy dose of fear, and an unlimited amount of hope, and more importantly, no limit on time and effort.” – Mark Cuban
7. “I must reclaim my good life and I must return to my good works.” – Martha Stewart
8. “Recognize that there will be failures, and acknowledge that there will be obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others, for there is very little learning in success.” – Michael Dell
9. “The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.” – Philip Knight
10. “You’ll fail at some things – that’s a learning experience that you need so that you can take that on to the next experience. What you learn from those challenges and those failures are what will get you past the next ones…I was the pretty consistent bull and the cheerleader on eBay actually.” – Pierre Omidyar
11. “You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that’s where you’ll find success; on the far side.” – Thomas Watson
12. “Our shipment of mowers was lost at sea and while we waited, winter descended and covered our green lawns with snow. That taught me a key lesson, the importance of timing. The shipping company lost the lawnmowers! By the time they showed up no one wanted them, as you can’t cut grass when it’s covered with snow.” – Terry Matthew
13. “If you’re going to be a successful entrepreneur, you’re going to have to be somebody who can tolerate a high rate of change, you have to be willing to put a lot more hours into it, you have to tolerate the fact that you’re going to make more mistakes and have a culture that responds to that.” – Trip Hawkins
14. “I’ve learned that mistakes can often be as good a teacher as success.” – Jack Welch
15. “If you have made mistakes, even serious ones; there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.” – Mary Pickford
16. “I have taken more than 9000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. Twenty six times I have been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I have failed over and over again in my life; and that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
17. “How many people are completely successful in every department of life? Not one. The most successful people are the ones who learn from their mistakes and turn their failures into opportunities.” – Zig Ziglar
18. “Reward worthy failure – Experimentation.” – Bill Gates
19. “Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” – Henry Ford
20. “Punishing honest mistakes stifles creativity. I want people moving and shaking the earth and they are going to make mistakes.” – Henry Ross Perot
21. “Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.” – Ingvar Kamprad
22. “One of the great things about being willing to try new things and make mistakes is that making mistakes keeps you humble. People who are humble learn more than people who are arrogant.” – Rich Dad
23. “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It’s best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.” – Steve Jobs
24. “Charlie and I decided long ago that in an investment lifetime, it’s too hard to make hundreds of smart decisions. That judgment became ever more compelling as Berkshire’s capital mushroomed and the universe of investments that could significantly affect our results shrank dramatically. Therefore, we adopted a strategy that required our being smart and not too smart at that, only a very few times.” Indeed, we now settle for one good idea a year.” – Warren Buffett
25. “Winners lose more than losers. They win and lose more than losers because they stay in the game.” – Terry Paulson