That was the one idea in the cartoons that wasn’t mine. When I used the cartoon before (Daily Fortune) I said it was from a daily fortune I had once received, and I should have mentioned that in yesterday’s post.
For curiosity I asked Perplexity and ChatGPT where the lines came from, and only Perplexity recognized it as being a fortune.
The sentence appears to be a modern fortune-cookie style saying, not a traceable quote from a specific author, book, or speech, and it is very likely a variant of a stock fortune-cookie message.
The interesting thing is it referenced two of my posts — Embracing Obstacles and Daily Fortune as places where that exact wording is used:
The exact wording “You have a great capacity for learning from your mistakes. You will learn a great deal today.” shows up on a personal blog, where the writer explicitly describes it as a favorite fortune from a fortune cookie, not as a quotation from a named author.
Large online collections of fortune-cookie sayings list a closely related version: “You learn from your mistakes… You will learn a lot today.” again with no author attribution, just as an anonymous cookie fortune.
ChatGPT looked for the quote in major quotation databases and didn’t have any luck.
I thought that was interesting. And I’m impressed by the version I use.
You have a great capacity for learning from your mistakes. You will learn a great deal today.
has more punch than the more common,
You learn from your mistakes… You will learn a lot today.
Anyway, a fun adventure.
January 10, 2026
I like your version better also. sometimes I do not learn from my mistakes, in fact quite a few times, I have made the same mistake several times. like today when I posted Sunday selfie on Saturday and also posted Saturday post. I have created almost 6000 posts on one blog and still do the same dome mistakes.
That reminds me of last week. I somehow scraped the finger next to my little one and tried to put a bandage on it. But instead of putting the bandage on the correct finger, I put it on my middle one. I didn’t notice until later, so I took the bandage off to put it on the sore finger, but again, I put it on the middle finger. I did notice that time and changed it. Later, when the bandage came off I again started to put it on the middle finger, but caught myself in time. Things like this happen, all too often! 🙂
I agree with Sandra – I like your version better. I love the sentiment; true for me!
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Yes, your version is better. It’s interesting how AI will find the references on your blog.
Yes. 🙂
Fun as you say!
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…hopefully you learn from your mistake the first time!
That doesn’t always happen! 🙂
HA! I sure have learned a lot over the years!
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I like yours best, too. Sometimes it takes a few tries before I learn!
That do:)esn’t always happen! 🙂
I love that you are using AI to enhance your enjoyment of things like cartoons.
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Interesting. I guess we will never know the original writer!
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I prefer your version. I think it is more creative.
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I also prefer your version!
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Your version is best!
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