About Thomas Edison's many attempts in seeking to invent the electric
light bulb Susan Hayward in Begin It Now wrote, "Two dejected assistants of
Thomas Edison said, 'We've just completed our 700th experiment and we still
don't have the answer. We have failed.'
"'No, my friends, you haven't failed,' replied Mr. Edison, 'it's just that we know more about this subject than anyone else alive. And we're closer to finding the answer because now we know 700 things not to do. Don't call it a mistake. Call it an education.'"
Persistence paid off very well for Edison … for us too because eventually he succeeded in perfecting the electric light bulb.
"'No, my friends, you haven't failed,' replied Mr. Edison, 'it's just that we know more about this subject than anyone else alive. And we're closer to finding the answer because now we know 700 things not to do. Don't call it a mistake. Call it an education.'"
Persistence paid off very well for Edison … for us too because eventually he succeeded in perfecting the electric light bulb.
Persistence in any worthwhile cause always pays rich
dividends. And better still—persistence in God's work pays eternal
dividends.
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