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It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.

John C. Maxwell, American author, speaker and pastor

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Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

Otto von Bismarck, German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)

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It’s good to learn from your mistakes. It’s better to learn from other people’s mistakes.

Warren Buffett, American investor, entrepreneur and businessman

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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Plutarch, Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)

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We should learn from the mistakes and experiences of others, particularly from those less knowledgable than we are. If our experiences are not grounded in reality, our decisions can never be correct.

He who knows others is learned, but the wise one is the one who knows himself. Learning without wisdom is of no use.

We have all made mistakes. The mark of intelligence is to learn from them, and not be bound by the errors of the past.

Some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people.

Zig Ziglar, American motivational speaker (1926-2012)

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"Go back and correct your mistakes. We all make mistakes. The wise person admits them, corrects them, and doesn’t leave them for others to clean up.”

All men make mistakes, but only wise men learn from their mistakes.

A smart person knows how to talk. A wise person knows when to be silent.

forget the adage about learning from your own mistakes its safer and more entertaining to learn from other peoples mistakes

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Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.

Socrates, 5th-century BCE Greek philosopher

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Wisdom comes from making mistakes, having the courage to face them, and make adjustments moving forward based upon the knowledge aquired through those experiences.

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