Mistakes

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
- James Joyce

He who spends time regretting the past,
loses the present and risks the future.
- Quevedo

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure
until he begins to blame somebody else.
- John Burroughs

If you wait to do everything until you're sure it's right,
you'll probably never do much of anything.
- Win Borden

The greatest mistake you can make in life
is to be continually fearing you will make one.
- Elbert Hubbard

Sometimes you get the results you wanted,
sometimes you don't.
What matters is that you did your best.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Breaking the Cycle of Self-Inflicted Suffering

Wanting to Win

What to Do When Your Whole World is Falling Apart

What is Failure

George Washington Carver on Failure

Robert F. Kennedy on Failure

Mistakes

Failure

Regret