Mistakes

For a long time this blog was called SCHOOLBOY ERROR. I picked the name because I believe in making mistakes. I’ve made a lot of them and I hope I’ve learnt a thing or two along the way. Here are a few quotes I like about the power of screwing up:

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

“It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.” – Ornette Coleman

“Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.” – Savielly Grigorievitchid Tartakower

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.” – Niels Bohr

“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.” – Sam Levenson

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.” – Theodore Roosevelt

Thanks to Quotiki for helping me find the quotes.