“Was this, too, part of growing up? Was it facing the bad things you’d done as well as the good, and knowing all your mistakes had consequences? Peter made mistakes all the time— he was thoughtless; he hurt people. But it never troubled him, not for a moment. He forgot all about it in an instant. That was being a boy.”
Source: Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
“I gained my wings when I believed they were there all along. It wasn't in the fixing or the healing of my personality that I recognised my worth it when I opened to the truth that I am whole right now, exactly as I am. Flaws, mistakes, fears.”
“I realized that it is these two things that staying with regrets offers: It can become the seed of compassion and empathy so that you can stand in the shoes of other people because you're feeling exactly what they feel. And it spurs you on to help people in the future rather than hurt them.”
Source: Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
“This is where he had ended up, lying on his back, trying to forget himself.”
Source: Drug Gang
“Learning, empowering, studying, practicing, and not repeating the same mistakes will help you move forward, move up, and move on to where you want to be.”
Source: The Artist's Guide to Success in the Music Business: The “Who, What, When, Where, Why & How” of the Steps that Musicians & Bands Have to Take to Succeed in Music
“Later I will tell him: our courage comes out in different ways. We are brave in our bold dreams but also in our hesitations. We are brave in our willingness to carry on even as our pounding hearts say, “You will fail and land on your face.” Brave in our terrific tolerance for making a hundred mistakes. Day after day. We are brave in our persistence.”
Source: Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation
“Peace punishes mistakes without rewarding brilliance.”
Source: Dune Messiah
“I realized that it is these two things that staying with regrets offers: It can become the seed of compassion and empathy so that you can stand in the shoes of other people because you'er feeling exactly what they feel. And it spurs you on to help people in the future rather than hurt them.”
Source: Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
“You have to teach your heart and mind how to sing together... then you'll hear the sound of your soul”
Source: Sweet Thing
“We're allowed to make mistakes in our lives," said her colleague, "except the mistake that destroys us,”
Source: Veronika Decides to Die