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

“If we live in a state of constant fear, can we remain human?”

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn book The First Circle

“But fear of making mistakes can itself become a huge mistake, one that prevents you from living, for life is risky and anything less is already a loss.”

Rebecca Solnit (1961) Author and essayist from United States

“We all make mistakes but one has to move on.”

Jeffrey Archer (1940) English author and former politician

“The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

“We tell our young managers: 'Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.”

Akio Morita (1921–1999) Japanese businessman

“Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.”

Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist

“…the biggest mistake people make is not acknowledging fear and uncertainty.”

Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor

“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“By poeticizing love, we imagine in those we love virtues that they often do not possess; this then becomes the source of constant mistakes and constant distress.”

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician