Thomas Sowell Quotes

Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education.

Life is very interesting if you make mistakes.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

The more extensive a man's knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.

Whether it's in the right way or sometimes the wrong way, you learn about life and its lessons.

You cannot rely upon what you have been taught. All you have learned from history is old ways of making mistakes. There is nothing that history can tell you about what we must do tomorrow. Only what we must not do.

Failure is an amazing data point that tells you which direction not to go.

There have been failures in the past, and I know there will be in future as well. But I have learnt from them.

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

Nor is he the wisest man who never proved himself a fool.

Once turn to practice, error and truth will no longer consort together.

The failures and successes are necessary for learning.

In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.

There is much to be said for failure. It is much more interesting than success.

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

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

Making distinctions is part of learning. So is making mistakes.

Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.

I love mistakes because it's the only way you learn.

Mistakes show us what we need to learn.

There's nothing wrong with failing if you learn from it, and I've failed out here plenty.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.

Judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement.

Failure is essential. Trial and error is necessary.