Bob Greene Quotes

To improve, we must watch ourselves fail, and learn from our mistakes.

We need to teach the highly educated man that it is not a disgrace to fail and that he must analyze every failure to find its cause. He must learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

You will only fail to learn if you do not learn from failing.

Mistakes in life teach you how to succeed because you want to try again and do it better.

Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.

All I did was take my time, figure out where I made a lot of mistakes and try not to make them no more.

I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain.

Making mistakes isn't enough to become great. You must also admit the mistake, and then learn how to turn that mistake into an advantage.

When you make a mistake, there are only three things you should ever do about it: 1. Admit it. 2. Learn from it, and 3. Don't repeat it.

Try not to say, 'I'm a failure.' Instead, ask, 'What can I do better? What did I do wrong?' Then re-approach.

Perfectionist is sometimes the wrong word... It means like you're never satisfied, or you're upset by every single failure - any type of failure. And so for me, I don't look at failure as necessarily a bad thing as long as I'm able to learn from it and take something from it, so that next time I'm in that situation I know how to succeed.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered. Errors, mistakes, and humiliations are all necessary steps in the learning process. Once they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten. If we constantly dwell upon the errors, then the error or failure becomes the goal.

One of the things that defines our character is how we handle mistakes.

There's always room for improvement. I incorporate the lessons I learned from my mistakes and move forward.

Failure concentrates the mind wonderfully. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough.

I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful.

Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.

Mistakes don't have to define us. They're how we learn and grow. They show us who and what we don't want to be. It's why they're mistakes.

I think as long as you learn from your mistakes, and don't make them over and over again, you're on the right path.

I just tried to build on my failures.

I try to extract something positive from every situation, even if it's just learning not to make the same mistake twice.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

I do take defeats well. However, I don't just leave them at that. I take time to analyze why I was defeated and make sure I don't make the same mistakes again. I think it is important to learn from one's mistakes.