Top 100 Mistake Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.”

— Tony Robbins

2. “Mistake is a mistake only if you make it twice.”

— Robin S. Sharma

3. “Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.”

— George Bernard Shaw

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4. “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.”

— Richard P. Feynman

Also featured in: Intelligent Quotes, Truth Quotes, Doubt Quotes

5. “It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Short Inspiring Quotes, Excellence Quotes, Quotes About Work

6. “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”

— Bob Ross

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Funny Quotes, Creativity Quotes, Cheer Quotes, Happy Quotes

7. “Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Famous Quotes, Short Quotes, Choices Quotes

8. “Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”

— Marcus Aurelius

Also featured in: Wisdom Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Wise Quotes, Character Quotes

9. “Take a deep breath, pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.”

— Frank Sinatra

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes About Life, Recovery Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes, Moving On Quotes, Challenges Quotes

10. “It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.”

— Thomas Sowell

Also featured in: Business Quotes, Accountability Quotes

11. “Accountability is essential to personal growth, as well as team growth. How can you improve if you’re never wrong? If you don’t admit a mistake and take responsibility for it, you’re bound to make the same one again.”

— Pat Summitt

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes, Growth Quotes, Responsibility Quotes, Personal Growth Quotes

12. “The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”

— John C. Maxwell

Also featured in: Deep Quotes About Life, Short Quotes About Life, Mindset Quotes, Fear Quotes

13. “Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.”

— Otto von Bismarck

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Clever Quotes

14. “Is man merely a mistake of God’s? Or God merely a mistake of man?”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Also featured in: Quotes About Humanity

15. “And a mistake repeated more than once is a decision.”

— Paulo Coelho

Also featured in: Decision-Making Quotes

16. “Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not. ”

— C.G. Jung

Also featured in: Knowledge Quotes, Truth Quotes

17. “Implementing Extreme Ownership requires checking your ego and operating with a high degree of humility. Admitting mistakes, taking ownership, and developing a plan to overcome challenges are integral to any successful team.”

— Jocko Willink

Also featured in: Leadership Quotes, Accountability Quotes, Military Quotes, Responsibility Quotes, Teamwork Quotes

18. “When something goes wrong, smile, because there’s always a next play.”

— Ray Lewis

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Performance Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Football Quotes

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

— Niels Bohr

Also featured in: Knowledge Quotes, Encouraging Quotes

20. “When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Also featured in: Knowledge Quotes

21. “There is no better test of a man’s integrity than his behavior when he is wrong.”

— Marvin Williams

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes

22. “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”

— Abraham Lincoln

Also featured in: Witty Quotes, Honesty Quotes

23. “Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.”

— Brandon Mull

24. “When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.”

— Dalai Lama XIV

Also featured in: Accountability Quotes, Personal Responsibility Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions

25. “There are no failures – only feedback.”

— Richard Bandler

Also featured in: Coaching Quotes

26. “Each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done.”

— Bryan Stevenson

Also featured in: Transformation Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Morality Quotes, Justice Quotes

27. “It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all his mistakes.”

— Jesse Lauriston Livermore

28. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Also featured in: Overcoming Fear Quotes

29. “And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

Also featured in: Journey Quotes, Decision-Making Quotes, Path Quotes, Responsibility Quotes

30. “The minute you stop making mistakes is the minute you stop learning.”

— Miley Cyrus

Also featured in: Lifelong Learning Quotes

31. “We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and your future.”

— Steve Maraboli

Also featured in: Perspective Quotes, Quotes About Hope, Being Strong Quotes, Letting Go Quotes

32. “It’s okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers – they help us to learn.”

— John Bradshaw

Also featured in: Growth Mindset Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Teaching Quotes, School Quotes

33. “Always make new mistakes.”

— Esther Dyson

Also featured in: Mindfulness Quotes

34. “But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.”

— Akio Morita

Also featured in: Quotes for Better Decisions

35. “Whatever the majority of people is doing, under any given circumstances, if you do the exact opposite, you will probably never make another mistake as long as you live.”

— Earl Nightingale

Also featured in: Individuality Quotes

36. “If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.”

— Jeff Bezos

Also featured in: Risk-Taking Quotes

37. “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”

— Groucho Marx

Also featured in: Humor Quotes, Funny Inspirational Quotes, Funny Quotes About Life, Short Funny Quotes

38. “Multi-tasking is the ability to screw everything up simultaneously.”

— Jeremy Clarkson

Also featured in: Silly Quotes, Sarcastic Quotes, Funny Office Quotes, Funny Tuesday Quotes

39. “Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn’t work.”

— Seth Godin

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Professional Growth Quotes, Adaptability Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

40. “Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right.”

— Russell M. Nelson

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Sunday Quotes, Discipleship Quotes, Principles And Laws

41. “Don’t waste a good mistake, learn from it.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Learning Quotes, Short Motivational Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Positive Short Quotes

42. “Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.”

— Oprah Winfrey

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43. “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.”

— Bear Bryant

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Accountability Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions

44. “Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.”

— Morihei Ueshiba

Also featured in: Experience Quotes

45. “Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them.”

— John Bosco

Also featured in: Accountability Quotes, Teacher Quotes

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

— Robert Greene

47. “Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Greatness Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions

48. “A mistake is a signal that it is time to learn something new, something you didn’t know before.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

Also featured in: Lifelong Learning Quotes

49. “Learn to fail with pride – and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error – by mastering the error part.”

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Also featured in: Risk-Taking Quotes

50. “The four sayings that lead to wisdom are: ‘I was wrong,’ ‘I’m sorry,’ ‘I don’t know’ and ‘I need help.’”

— Louise Penny

Also featured in: Accountability Quotes, Lifelong Learning Quotes, Quotes for Better Decisions, Humility Quotes