#stake

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. ↗

— Johnny Cash

#any #build #close #door #dwell

We're far more defined by our mistakes than the things that we succeed at. ↗

— Emma Caulfield

#far #mistakes #more #our #succeed

My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town. ↗

— Adelbert von Chamisso

#been #before #evening #flattered #following

John Howard Davies was not a very human person... if you made a mistake of any kind, any sort of pause in speech, he would treat you rather as if he was a schoolmaster. ↗

— Graham Chapman

#howard #human #john #kind #made

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#avoid #each #formulae #letting #make

It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#found #i #knew #make #mistakes

Show me a person who has never made a mistake and I'll show you somebody who has never achieved much. ↗

— Joan Collins

#i #made #me #mistake #much

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. ↗

— John Churton Collins

#feel #feeling #half #life #mistakes

You just keep pushing. You just keep pushing. I made every mistake that could be made. But I just kept pushing. ↗

— Rene Descartes

#every #i #just #keep #kept

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#expect #good #good work #matters #mistake