I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's.
Thomas A. EdisonToday, I am wondering what would have happened to me by now, if, fifty years ago, some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow-workers to put forth my best efforts in my work? I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days, I don't believe I could have accomplished a great deal.
Thomas A. EdisonI make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.
Thomas A. Edison