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20 Quotes On Why Your Mistakes Shouldn't Define You

Sometimes you have to choose badly in order to be able to identify what is good for you.
Rania Naim
October 28, 2016
“You must never feel badly about making mistakes… as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.”
— Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Tagged: Mistakes, Learning, Success, Failure
“Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most.”
— Ellen Degeneres, Famous Speeches
Tagged: struggles, Learning, Lessons
“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here.”
— Neil Gaiman, Make Good Art
Tagged: Mistakes, Failure
“We all make mistakes. Go and take your punishment, then come back and start again.”
— Jojo Moyes, One Plus One
Tagged: Mistakes, Lessons Learned, punishment, Life
“A man makes mistakes, he gets caught up in things, he is sometimes a sheep, then he learns by experience and becomes a lion.”
— Louis de Bernieres, Corelli's Mandolin
Tagged: Life, Mistakes, Experience
“As much as someone can tell you things, you have to go out there and make your own mistakes in order to learn.”
— Emma Watson, Happy Birthday Emma Watson! Here Are 25 Of Her Most Powerful Quotes Every Woman Should Live By
Tagged: Life Lessons, Mistakes, Learning, Emma Watson
“I’ve probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don’t want fear of failure to stop me doing what I really care about.”
— Emma Watson, Happy Birthday Emma Watson! Here Are 25 Of Her Most Powerful Quotes Every Woman Should Live By
Tagged: Emma Watson Quotes, Mistakes, Life Lessons, Failure
“Sometimes the best way to find out what you’re supposed to do is by doing the thing you’re not supposed to do.”
— Gayle Forman, Just One Day
Tagged: Gayle Forman, Gayle Forman Quotes, Mistakes, Regrets
“Do not waste one moment in regret. For to think feelingly of mistakes of the past is to re-infect yourself.”
— Rhonda Byrnes, The Power (The Secret)
Tagged: The Power, The Secret, Mistakes, Regrets
“You know it’s not about perfection. It’s about just getting on with things, sometimes. Sometimes, you just get credit for getting up and going on with things – you don’t have to do it perfectly.”
— Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift - 1989 Tour
Tagged: Taylor Swift Quotes, Swifies, Perfection, Mistakes, Regret
“Nothing in the world is ever completely wrong. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Tagged: Mistakes, forgiveness, Moving On, Letting Go, Try Again
“Sometimes you have to choose badly in order to be able to identify what is good for you.”
— R.H. Sin, Whiskey Words & a Shovel II
Tagged: Love, Wrong Choices, Lessons, Mistakes
“Whether a learning experience, a happy accident, or a humbling experience, mistakes can serve us well. Don’t be afraid to make them. Just try not to make the same one twice.”
— Mary Ray, 10 Career Tips For A 20-Something
Tagged: 20 somethings, Mistakes, Learning
“Your twenties are meant for making mistakes and experiencing new things in order to figure out what you want and do not want to be a part of your future.”
— Andrea Davis, Here’s What You Should Actually Be Focusing On In Your 20s (And It Has Nothing To Do With A Boyfriend)
Tagged: 20 somethings, Mistakes, Future
“Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.”
— Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters: A Novel
Tagged: Story, Regret, Mistakes
“Beating yourself up about a mistake you made is only going to make you more inclined to do it again. Just accept that it happened and move on.”
— Ryan O'Connell, 19 Pieces Of Advice You’ll Need To Make It Through Your 20s
Tagged: Mistakes, Fucking Up
“That’s how we know we’re alive: we’re wrong. Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride.”
— Philip Roth, American Pastoral: American Trilogy (1) (Vintage International)
Tagged: First Impressions, Mistakes
“You are so much more than the worst mistake you've ever made.”
— Kim Quindlen, All The Reminders You Need To Get You Through Anything In Life
Tagged: Life, Hardships, Mistakes
“Everything tells me that I am about to make a wrong decision, but making mistakes is just part of life. What does the world want of me? Does it want me to take no risks, to go back to where I came from because I didn't have the courage to say "yes" to life?”
— Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
Tagged: Mistakes, Lessons, Life
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.”
— Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Tagged: Mistakes, Life, Risk