# Quotes about mistakes - Quotes: 12 - Authors: 7 - Topic page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes ## Quotes > The paths of error are various and infinite. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > (Of Shakespeare) A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery (243) [James Joyce](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-joyce.md) · [Ulysses](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-joyce/ulysses.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-joyce/ulysses/of-shakespeare-a-man.md) Topics: [talent](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/talent.md), [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > Bosh! Stephen said rudely. A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. [James Joyce](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-joyce.md) · [Ulysses](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-joyce/ulysses.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-joyce/ulysses/bosh-stephen-said.md) Topics: [talent](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/talent.md), [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > If all human beings understood history, they might cease making the same stupid mistakes over and over. [Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [Prelude to Foundation](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/prelude-to-foundation.md) · p. 457 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/prelude-to-foundation/if-all-human.md) Topics: [history](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/history.md), [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > Well, it was healthy to miss once in a while. It kept self-confidence balanced at a point safely short of arrogance. [Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [The Stars, Like Dust](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-stars-like-dust.md) · p. 166 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-stars-like-dust/well-it-was.md) Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md), [humility](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humility.md) > The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.” [Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md) · [I, Robot](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/i-robot.md) · p. 65 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/i-robot/the-unwritten-motto.md) Topics: [work](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/work.md), [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough—as most wrong theories are! [H.G. Wells](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hg-wells.md) · [The Time Machine](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hg-wells/the-time-machine.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hg-wells/the-time-machine/very-simple-was.md) Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > Attention and activity lead to mistakes as well as to successes; but a life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md) · [The Doctor's Dilemma](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/the-doctors-dilemma/attention-and-activity.md) Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes. [George Bernard Shaw](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw.md) · [Love Among The Artists](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/love-among-the-artists.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/george-bernard-shaw/love-among-the-artists/even-the-youngest.md) Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > Keep where you are because, if I should make a mistake, it could never be set right in your lifetime. [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md) · [A Tale of Two Cities](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/a-tale-of-two-cities.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/a-tale-of-two-cities/keep-where-you.md) Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > For I'm the devil at quick mistakes, and when I make one it takes the form of Lead. [Charles Dickens](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens.md) · [A Tale of Two Cities](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/a-tale-of-two-cities.md) — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-dickens/a-tale-of-two-cities/for-im-the.md) Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md) > War is mainly a catalogue of blunders. The Second World War: Closing The Ring Topics: [war](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/war.md), [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md)