As quoted by Jacob A. Riis in Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen (1904), chapter XVI A Young Men's Hero http://www.bartleby.com/206/16.html
1900s
“The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.”
Source: The Armor of God (1943), Ch. 1, p. 4
“He who never makes a mistake, never makes anything.”
Variant: He who never makes a mistake never makes anything. It's part of learning the job.
Source: Revenge of the Witch
“He who does nothing makes no mistakes; he who makes no mistakes learns nothing.”
“Never confuse perfection with production. People who don’t make mistakes aren’t doing anything.”
Source: Ancient Shores (1996), Chapter 6 (p. 55)
“The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
Source: 1930s- 1950s, The Practice of Management (1954), p. 147
“Many a man who falls in love with a dimple make the mistake of marrying the whole girl.”
Esar's Comic Dictionary (1943)
“Being photographed does not make a man a good writer. It doesn't make a man anything.”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Variant: A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
