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

I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!

A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. "Aren't you discouraged by all this waste of effort?" the reporter asked. Edison: "Waste! There's nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that won't work."

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.

No Such Thing as Bad Results

We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy - sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.