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

Thomas Alva Edison

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

Thomas Alva Edison

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

Thomas Alva Edison

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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.

Thomas Alva Edison

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

Thomas Alva Edison

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Don't take 'no' for an answer, never submit to failure. Do not be fobbed off with mere personal success or acceptance. You will make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or events.

Winston Churchill

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