We learn from failure, not from success!

I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things, which I dare not confess to my own soul.

Our toil must be in silence, and our efforts all in secret; for this enlightened age, when men believe not even what they see, the doubting of wise men would be his greatest strength.

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked.

Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalize it. Recognize it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us.

Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.