"I never view mistakes as failures. They..." - Quote by Thomas Edison

“Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.”

“The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.”

“The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.”

“If we all hold on to the mistake, we can't see our own glory in the mirror because we have the mistake between our faces and the mirror; we can't see what we're capable of being. You can ask forgiveness of others, but in the end the real forgiveness is in one's own self.”

“We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought experience. To enveigh against things that are past and irremediable, is unpleasing; but to steer clear of the shelves and rocks we have struck upon, is the part of wisdom, equally as incumbent on political as other men, who have their own little bark, or that of others, to navigate through the intricate paths of life, or the trackless ocean, to the haven of security and rest.”

“Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.[Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis, in errore perseverae. Posteriores enim cogitationes (ut aiunt) sapientiores solent esse.]”

“The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity.”

“Failure is a man's inability to reach his goals in life, whatever they may be”

“Success covers a multitude of blunders.”