Failure Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

37 Failure quotes by Thomas A. Edison

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Thomas A. Edison describes failure as a guide that points out what doesn’t work. He says each wrong experiment removes a bad option, bringing him closer to success. He also believes that being too satisfied can itself a kind of failure.

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I never failed. It just didn't work 10,000 times.

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I failed my way to success.

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Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward

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I have had a lot of success with failure

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The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.

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The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success.

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Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application,

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I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.

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I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.

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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

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I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure

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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.

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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…

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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…

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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's.

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I didn’t fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldn’t work.

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We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we are much closer to finding what will.

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No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work!

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They were not failures, they were new found ways of what does not work "I can accept failure,everyonefails at something. But I…

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Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt.

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Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making…

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After we had conducted thousands of experiments on a certain project without solving the problem, one of my associates, after we had…

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Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option.

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I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience.

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Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.

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Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy.

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I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work,

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I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.

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As Danand Ian over at the Lifestyle Business Podcast say: Rush to failure.

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Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure!

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A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.

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Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

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Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes.

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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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There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new.

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Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.

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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…

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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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