A Life Spent Making Mistakes Is Honorable

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

George Bernard Shaw

These types of quotes make me happy. It’s usually the little things that can easily get under my skin, like basic mistakes, and there’s some solace in sage phrases like this one. For instance, I tried to prepare a sourdough loaf on Sunday and had to toss the dough because I went a little too far with the hydration and the dough wouldn’t hold together. For sure I was grouchy. Then it wore off and now I know a little bit more the next time I try to bake. Sitting on my butt all day doesn’t get me fresh baked bread nor can I learn from mistakes when I try to do something worthwhile.

About the author

George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. Since Shaw’s death scholarly and critical opinion about his works has varied, but he has regularly been rated among British dramatists as second only to Shakespeare; analysts recognise his extensive influence on generations of English-language playwrights.