Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

George Herman 'Babe' Ruth, baseball player

 

 

Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion.

Francis bacon, philosopher

 

 

He is always right who suspects that he makes mistakes.

Spanish proverb

 

 

Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist

 

 

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Feodor Dostoyevsky, novelist

 

 

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Alexander Pope, poet

 

 

Failure always made me try harder the next time. That's why my advice has always been to "think positive" and find fuel in any failure.

Michael Jordan, basketball player

 

 

A winner is big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them and strong enough to correct them.

John Maxwell, author, leadership coach

 

 

Always make new mistakes!

Esther Dyson, computer visionary

 

 

Human progress and excellence comes when someone goes beyond "why" to "why not?"

John Glenn, U.S. senator, astronaut

 

 

Deliver me from the man who never makes a mistake--and also from the man who makes the same mistake twice.

Dr. William J. Mayo, founder, the Mayo Clinic

 

 

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

Isaac Asimov, science fiction writer

 

 

It is the nature of every person to err, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Marcus Tullius Cicero, orator