
“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”
The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)
Variant: The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.
“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”
“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.”
Part 5: "The World of One Physicist", "The 7 Percent Solution", p. 255
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (1985)
“Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a
mistake.”
“You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you”
“You can't make people love you but you can make them fear you”
“One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.”
As quoted in On Relationships: A Book for Teenagers (1999) by Kimberly Kirberger
“One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.”
From Richard Branson's blog ‘Learning from mistakes’ on the Virgin Website