A Quote by Frederick William Robertson

No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes. — © Frederick William Robertson
No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.
It is a law of our humanity, that man must know both good and evil; he must know good through evil. There never was a principle but what triumphed through much evil; no man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable.
True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.
'Tis better to be known as a good man than a great one, for greatness is an assessment of mortals; goodness a gift of God.
Great men have been characterized by the greatness of their mistakes as well as by the greatness of their achievements.
Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness makes goodness much more serviceable.
Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.
A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman.
The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.
The measure of a man cannot be whether he ever makes mistakes, because he will make mistakes. It's what he does in response to his mistakes. The same is true of companies. We have to apologize, we have to fix the problem, and we have to learn from our mistakes.
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
A people may become great through many means, but there is only one measure by which its greatness is recognized and acknowledged. The final measure of the greatness of all peoples is the amount and standard of the literature and art they have produced.... No people that has produced great literature and art has ever been looked upon by the world as distinctly inferior.
None of us is perfect. There was only one perfect man who ever walked the earth, and He was the Son of God. We all have weaknesses and I guess we all make mistakes and will make mistakes in the future, but look for the virtues, the strengths, the goodness in those with whom you labor, and draw those characteristics into your own lives and make them a part of yourselves, and you will be the richer for it all the days that you live.
And inasmuch as the great-souled man deserves most, he must be the best of men; for the better a man is the more he deserves, and he that is best deserves most. Therefore the truly great-souled man must be a good man. Indeed greatness in each of the virtues would seem to go with greatness of soul.
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
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