"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

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"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever."

- Thomas A. Edison

Hope

"I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun."

- Thomas A. Edison

Happiness

"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't."

- Thomas A. Edison

Motivation

"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."

- Thomas A. Edison

Motivation

"There is no substitute for hard work."

- Thomas A. Edison

Hard Work

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"You learn more from failure than from success. Don’t let it stop you. Failure builds character."

Failure

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."

- Thomas Edison

Failure

"We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes – understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success."

- Arianna Huffington

Failure

"Trying is the first step toward failure."

- Homer Simpson

Failure

"Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor."

- Truman Capote

Failure