“Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
More from Thomas Edison on Perseverance
“I haven't failed,I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.”
Others on Perseverance
Samuel Beckett
6 quotes“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”
Abraham Lincoln
3 quotes“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
Babe Ruth
3 quotes“It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.”
Gayle Forman
3 quotes“A journey of 1,000 miles starts with just 10 digits.”
Norman Vincent Peale
2 quotes“It's always to soon to quit!”
Nelson Mandela
2 quotes“I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.”
Lisa Kleypas
2 quotes“Win told me that one isn’t improved by being at the top of the mountain, one is improved by the climb.”
Mary Kay Ash
2 quotes“Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway...”
Khalil Gibran
2 quotes“March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp ston...”
Christopher Reeve
2 quotes“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon...”
Napoleon Hill
2 quotes“Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.”
Dolly Parton
2 quotes“If you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain.”