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

“After you think, you act. After you act, you learn. Make decisions, but decisions will have risks of mistakes. But make sure you avoid disastrous mistakes and avoid making the same mistake twice.”

“You make mistakes, mistakes don't make you”

“Mistake is a mistake only if you make it twice…”

“Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up”

“I don't want to make a mistake," said the Will softly. "Better not to make a decision than to make a mistake."
"The whole House is going to fall down if you don't make a decision!”

“don't spread the discontent
don't spread the lies
don't make the same mistakes
with your own life”

“Are my competitors making some mistakes? Yes they are. But I'll tell you this: Sony is a formidable company and I respect them and I don't take them lightly. We have to do what we need to do, let them do what they're going to do. If they continue to make mistakes, that's their problem, not mine. We are focused on making sure that we are going to be successful.”

“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.”

“Charles Parker: We don't want to make large and ignominious public mistakes.”