A Quote by Warren G. Bennis

One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing. — © Warren G. Bennis
One of the worst mistakes is to do nothing.
The galleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. They make no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are the doers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes no mistakes lacks boldness and the spirit of adventure. He is the one who never tries anything. His is the brake on the wheel of progress. And yet it cannot be truly said he makes no mistakes, because his biggest mistake is the very fact that he tries nothing, does nothing, except criticize those who do things.
Intelligent or not, we all make mistakes and perhaps the intelligent mistakes are the worst, because so much careful thought has gone into them.
Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.
If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your worst mistake: not knowing where your mistakes are at.
There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, but one should always make new ones. Repeating mistakes is a hallmark of dim consciousness.
If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have a war, you have more mistakes. That's the natural thing.
Life, like war, is a series of mistakes,he is the best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes. Forget mistakes: organize victory out of mistakes.
Some of the worst mistakes of my life have been haircuts.
Stalin made mistakes. He made mistakes towards us, for example, in 1927. He made mistakes towards the Yugoslavs too. One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes. This has great significance.
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.
One of the worst mistakes anybody can make is to bet against Americans.
One of the worst mistakes you can make in golf is trying to force the game.
I have made some mistakes. No, a lot of mistakes. If you want to develop a new thing, a lot of mistakes will be inevitable. We should be allowed to make mistakes.
The worst mistakes I've made have been the ones directed by sweet-natured hopefulness.
It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.
The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip.
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