if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything
if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything
proverb Engaging in creative work will always result in mistakes; doing nothing is the only way to avoid making mistakes. Of course you'll make mistakes if you start your own business, but if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything.
See also: anything, if, make
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
If you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything.
Prov. If you try to do something, you will likely make mistakes.; The only way to make no mistakes is to avoid trying to do anything. (Can be used to console someone who has made a mistake.) Alan: I'm sorry there's no dessert. I tried to make a cake, but I messed it up. Jane: That's OK, dear; if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything. It's a shame that you ruined the sweater you were making, but if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything.
See also: anything, if, make
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- divine
- to err is human
- to err is human (to forgive is divine)
- to err is human, to forgive divine
- more haste, less speed
- pride comes before a fall
- pride comes before a/the fall
- pride cometh before a/the fall
- goeth
- do as I say