"mistake is not considered wrong unless you correct it" any comment about this quote?

Question

"mistake is not considered wrong unless you correct it" any comment about this quote?

Answer 1

Well, unless somebody else besides me saw me make the mistake, and I've already corrected it....I don't know what your talking about.  I didn't make a mistake.

Answer 2

As far as I am concern a mistake is a mistake regardless whether you corrected it or not.  If I made a mistake than I corrected it, I still made a mistake.

Answer 3

I believe the quote was that a mistake is not considered wrong unless you -don't- correct it.  It has to do with learning from your mistakes.  

I've been sitting here a few minutes trying to remember who said it, but I can't remember.  It might have been Thomas Edison.