Discouraged Quote by Napoleon Hill

Edison failed ten thousand times before he perfected the modern electric lamp. The average man would have quit at the first failure. That's why…

— Pete Seeger

It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did…

— Benjamin Carson

“I have not failed,” said Thomas Edison. “I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.”

— Margaret Moore

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

— Thomas A. Edison

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

— Thomas A. Edison

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas A. Edison”

— Joe Tichio

The average person would have quit at the first failure. That’s why there have been many average men and only one Edison.

— Napoleon Hill

“As Thomas Edison himself is said to have put it, “If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I am not…

— Greg Satell

I never failed, I just found 10,000 ways not to make a lightbulb

— Anonymous

“I have not failed; I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” -Thomas Edison I like this attitude...”

— Davee Jones

I never once failed at making a light bulb. I just found out 99 ways not to make one.

— Thomas A. Edison

When Edison first started out with his "crazy" idea for the light bulb, skeptics were unmoved. They called Thomas Edison a con man and…

— Linda Rottenberg