Nina Simone Quotes

Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures.

My life is full of way more mistakes than successes.

You know, be able to do something great in your life, you're gonna have to realize your failures. You're gonna have to embrace them and figure out how to overcome it.

When I left HEEP I didn't know what I wanted! It took me a long time to adjust to life away from the band and the only thing I knew was that I didn't want to repeat my mistakes!

In my early career, there were more negative lessons than positive ones. But I don't think I was looking for the positives enough.

You should never have regrets in life. All the steps that I have taken in my career have served for something, and I have learned from them.

Don't define yourself by your mistakes or by the single thing you are at your work.

Be honest about how you approach failure. Don't just be critical of yourself, because that can be self-serving. Approach it honestly, assess your performance, and assess the areas where you have fallen short. Correct them and move on. Don't dwell on it. Don't hold on to it.

For me, I love the path that I have taken on. I take all of my experiences; I eliminate all of the bad and take all of the positive.

I was a college coach, and I messed up. And I found a way to deal with the consequences and be better.

I'm about growth for myself. So if I've made a lot of mistakes, and I haven't learnt from them, then I've failed as a human being.

I've learned from my mistakes in the past, why I thought I've lost fights before.

I think as you make mistakes, the No. 1 thing you've got to do is learn from them and not just make excuses for them. I've made more than anybody, probably.

My life, my failures. I hope that gives people the lesson to rebuild their own lives.

Your past may not be perfect, but it was perfect for your purpose.

We're each our own person, we live our own lives, make our own mistakes, learn from them and move forward.

if i have gained anything over these months, it is the knowledge there is no starting over - only living with the mistakes you've made. but then, caleb taught me long ago you can't build anything without some sort of foundation. maybe we learn to live our lives by understanding, firsthand, how not to live them.

Mistakes happen. But after a while you've got to stop making them happen twice.

My biggest fear is doing the same things 10 years from now. That would be a failure. It's something you have to constantly reassess, and asking yourself what you are going to do next makes it a good, long full journey.

I allowed myself to think if I could be doing anything in the world, what would I be doing? And what came to mind is I'd be traveling a little bit, I'd be going to classes and I'd be going back to school.

My failures have made me look at myself in a way I've never wanted to before.

I'm proud of Larry Sanders and proud of every single person who went on that journey. It's a very special show to me, and I've learned a lot of lessons from it. I need to find something where I can learn some more lessons, and then I'll do that project.

Whenever you have a failure or setback, you need to take a step back and find out what you can learn from the scenario. What did you do to contribute to that failure? This way, you can make sure you don't repeat that pattern.

I would say my whole first record, 'Steady On,' had a lot to do with healing.

I can't dwell on past mistakes.