Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Failure
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A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
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To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
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Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.
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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
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They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option.
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Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward
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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
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Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure.
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I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
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Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
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Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
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Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
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