Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.

I made 5,127 prototypes of my vaccum before I got it right. There were 5,126 failures. But I learned from each one. That’s how I came up with a solution. So I don’t mind failure.

Some of the best inventive moments are born out of 'wrong thinking'. Most people start with the right way so they all follow the same path. The wrong way will lead to mistakes from which you can learn and create new discoveries-the kind of original ideas that come to life when we dare to be different, keep an open mind, and have no fear of failure.

As a modern employer you have to treat people well.

If you want to do something different, you’re going to come up against a lot of naysayers.

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

The key to success is failure… Success is made of 99 percent failure.