Guest Author - Stacie Harris-Williams

If we are truly honest with ourselves as we reflect on our lives, we must admit that we have made some missteps in our lifetime. It is, however how we react and recover from these mistakes that make the biggest difference in our lives. Mistakes can be seen as ignorant, unforgivable, unconscionable, and unnecessary. Mistakes can also be viewed as necessary processes of life and the gateway to wisdom. Whatever your viewpoint may be, consider these insightful quotes about mistakes.

Quotes on Admitting Mistakes:

Any fool can try to defend his mistakes - and most fools do - but it gives one a feeling of nobility to admit one's mistakes. By fighting, you never get enough, but by yielding, you get more than you expected.
Lawrence G. Lovasik

Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it--immediately.
Stephen Covey

When you make a mistake, admit it. If you don't, you only make matters worse.
Ward Cleaver

Strong people make as many mistakes as weak people. Difference is that strong people admit their mistakes, laugh at them, and learn from them. That is how they become strong.
Richard Needham

Quotes on Moving Past your Mistakes:

Your mistake does not define who you are…you are your possibilities.
Oprah Winfrey

As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.
Jack Canfield

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

The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views a mistake.
Nelson Boswell

Mistakes are painful when they happen, but years later a collection of mistakes is what is called experience.
Denis Waitley

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.
Garry Marshall

If you have made mistakes, even serious ones, there is always another chance for you. What we call failure is not the falling down but the staying down.
Mary Pickford

If I had my life to live over... I'd dare to make more mistakes next time.
Nadine Stair

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to error that counts.
Nikki Giovanni

From error to error one discovers the entire truth.
Sigmund Freud

Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.
Thomas Carlyle

Quotes on Mistakes Being a Part of Living a Full Life:

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

After all these years, I am still involved in the process of self-discovery. It's better to explore life and make mistakes than to play it safe. Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.
Sophia Loren

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
Tallulah Bankhead

If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a big mistake.
F. Wikzek

The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.
Denis Waitley

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
Henry C. Link

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
Peter McWilliams

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.
Meister Eckhart

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
William Connor Magee

The man who achieves makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing.
Benjamin Franklin