Idea Book
Mistakes

To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer  anonymous

Better twice measured than once wrong  Danish proverb

To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it  J. Jenkins

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Don't ever promote a man who hasn't made some big mistakes -- you'll be promoting a man who hasn't done much  Herbert H. Dow

Things could be worse.  Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.  anonymous

It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes.  It takes more gut and gumption to forgive them for having witnessed your own.  Jessamyn West

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

Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements  Abraham Myerson

Men are men, they needs must err  Euripides

Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will persist in it  Latin proverb

Mistakes are often the best teachers.  The shortest mistakes are always the best.  French proverb

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error  Benjamin Disraeli

Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes  Oscar Wilde