Paltry Perfection

The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect - Adam Osborne


You can only learn if your attempt was sincere.

Valuable Mistakes

The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake - you can't learn anything from being perfect. - Adam Osborne

..... Don't forget what happened to the last guy who was perfect.

Do A Little

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little. - Edmund Burke


Doing a little here and there is neither here nor there.

Super!

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman. - Doug Larson

  Be super.

Flawed

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. - Marcus Valerius Martialis

  Admit to a flaw when needed and the world will realize you are just like them.

Falling

You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. - James Thurber

  Hold your own.

Fess Up!

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. - Alexander Pope


You learn something every day.....and what you learn may point out your errors.

Bright Side

Few cases of eyestrain have been developed by looking on the bright side of things. - Unknown


And a lot of misery results from not.

Foolish Things

You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. - Colette


And laugh about them.

Thoughtful Delay

Delay is preferable to error. - Thomas Jefferson


I think Tom knew the difference between delay and procrastination.

Keep The Trust

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. - Thomas J. Watson 

Loss of trust, whether it be customer, friend or spouse, is to be avoided at all costs.

Makin' It

The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. - Edward J. Phelps


Don't dwell on mistakes other than to minimize their impact.

Acting on Impulse

Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied. - Pearl S. Buck


Mistakes are what happens when you act on impulse.

Creative Art

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. - Scott Adams


Science is learning from your mistakes.

Create or Improve?

Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on? - Peter McWilliams


There are those who create and those who fix. You choose.

Fire!

If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it. - Thomas Jefferson


Blame is a leisure time activity not a game-time strategy.

Others Mistakes

You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself. - Sam Levenson


A good reason to let people be free to make their own mistakes.


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Super Frauds

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. - Charles Caleb Colton


I'm going to remember this fancy sounding excuse the next time I'm duped!


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Be Wiser Tomorrow

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. – Tryon Edwards


Please show me the errors in my thinking - but show me those errors with reason and logic.


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Scaredy Cats

Scalded cats fear even cold water. - Thomas Fuller 


Don't count on folks ignoring your past mistakes.


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