#mistakes

Experience was of no ethical value. It was merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Moralists had, as a rule, regarded it as a mode of warning, had claimed for it a certain ethical efficacy in the formation of character, had praised it as something that taught us what to follow and showed us what to avoid. But there was no motive power in experience. It was as little of an active cause as conscience itself. All that it really demonstrated was that our future would be the same as our past, and that the sin we had done once, and with loathing, we would do many times, and with joy. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#experience #future #mistakes #past #sin

Do you ever make silly mistakes? It is one of my very few creative activities. ↗

— Len Deighton

#mistakes #silliness #humor

If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do," said Magnus, still looking at Alec, "you will never learn from your mistakes. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-bones #learning #magnus-bane #mistakes #magnus-bane

And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag. ↗

— Scott Westerfeld

#fire #humor #mistakes #ship #humor

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#justification #mistakes #pretexts #humor

Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

#fresh #mistakes #tomorrow

Don't confuse poor decision-making with destiny. Own your mistakes. It’s ok; we all make them. Learn from them so they can empower you! ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#change #destiny #empowerment #inspirational #life

Van, Van, we’re only simple, fallible mortals - we aren’t saints, we aren’t angels - we fall on our faces and make errors and sometimes people die of them - sometimes people we love dearly - ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#love

God loves us so much that he doesn’t let us live forever so we can stop making mistakes ↗

— Carl Henegan

#mistakes #love

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. ↗

— Tallulah Bankhead

#again #had #i #life #live