Thomas A. Edison Failure Quotations

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

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

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward

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

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.

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

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.