#stake

We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#discovery #finding #made #mistake #never

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling. ↗

— Holly Near

#behind #force #forward #great #leaping

That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life. ↗

— Amelia Barr

#affections #answer #armies #birth #death

I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake. ↗

— Elliot Richardson

#had #i #league #mistake #nations

I was shaped by my mistakes. ↗

— Janice Dickinson

#mistakes #shaped

I have made a lot of mistakes. ↗

— Steven Seagal

#lot #made #mistakes

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#made #mistake #never #who

It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done. ↗

— Samuel Smiles

#could #done #example #failure #failures

Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artists #mean #mistakes #more #often

Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age. ↗

— Anna Held

#indulgent #mistake #most #old #old age