I'd rather make a mistake than do nothing. ~ Harry Chapin

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be new views. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.~ Peter McWilliams

It's okay if you mess up. You should give yourself a break. ~ Billy Joel

Mistakes live in the neighborhood of truth and therefore delude us.~ Rabindranath Tagore

Our 'mistakes' become our crucial parts, sometimes our best parts, of the lives we have made. ~ Ellen Goodman

There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. ~ Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Yoga Journal

Only a fool does not look to explain his mistakes. ~ Bill Clinton, 6/17/04

Proofreading is more effective after publication. ~ Eric Baker

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. ~ Henry Ford

After making a mistake or suffering a misfortune, the man of genius always gets back on his feet. ~ Napoléon Bonaparte

We may make mistakes--but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.~ George Bernard Shaw

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