“Beating yourself up about a mistake you made is only going to make you more inclined to do it again. Just accept that it happened and move on.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Everyone wants to be loved. Everyone wants to rely on someone. For a lot of people, it’s their Achilles heel. Love is the reason why they made most of their mistakes.”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“I know it's a mistake, but there are certain things in life where you know it's a mistake but you don't really know it's a mistake because the only way to really know it's a mistake is to make the mistake and look back and say 'yep, that was a mistake.' So really, the bigger mistake would be to not…”— Lily Aldrin, amazon.com
“To all the women lying in bed unable to sleep because of ghosts of past relationships or bad decisions haunting them at night. You are not alone.”— Samantha King, amazon.com
“Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.”— Chuck Palahniuk, amazon.com
“Your twenties are meant for making mistakes and experiencing new things in order to figure out what you want and do not want to be a part of your future.”— Andrea Davis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Whether a learning experience, a happy accident, or a humbling experience, mistakes can serve us well. Don’t be afraid to make them. Just try not to make the same one twice.”— Mary Ray, forbes.com
“Accidents happen all the time. People will understand if you screw up, but only if you cop to it and do what you can to make it right.”— Ella Cerón, thoughtcatalog.com
“The worst mistake you can make is walking away from the person who actually stood there and waited for you.”— Unknown, facebook.com
“In a lifetime of mistakes, you two are the greatest things that have ever happened to me.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“I never knew how to act or what to say, and when I did work up the courage to speak, I always seemed to say the wrong thing.”— Ernest Cline, amazon.com
“Apologies are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is that you can move on, and you can grow.”— Kelsey Grammer, huffingtonpost.com
“Everyone wants to go back in time sometimes; to go back to the moment when everything was still possible. Before they made a wrong turn so that they can go on the right path. But it’s not possible. All we can do is make the most of right now.”— Sam Healy, dreatoodope.tumblr.com
“I no longer seek closure, no more bitterness and my heart is no longer cold for I have found the love you were incapable of providing and I have found warmth in the arms of someone better.”— R.H. Sin, amazon.com
“I don't have exes, just a few mistakes, a list of regrets and things gone up in flames from the bridges I've burned.”— R.H. Sin, amazon.com
“Sometimes you have to choose badly in order to be able to identify what is good for you.”— R.H. Sin, amazon.com
“But really, the term ‘forgive and forget’ doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn’t always healthy. But if we forget, we don’t learn from our mistakes. And that can be deadly.”— Meg Cabot, amazon.com
“It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you. Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.”— Taylor Swift, amazon.com