Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assistant complained, “All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing.”
Edison replied very confidently, “Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”
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1Abeera February 19, 2009 at 9:51 am
It give us a lesson so please learn from ur mistakes
2Anamika October 3, 2009 at 9:35 am
It’s really a wonderful comment
3Vikas October 7, 2009 at 12:47 pm
We are all fallible and everybody in this world has got right to make mistakes and everybody does that but what is important in life is that we should learn from our mistakes.. The one who does not learn aything from one’s past mistakes is unlikely to succed life…..
4Gkaruna October 14, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Good thoughts
lead a good life
5Vijaya November 11, 2009 at 8:35 am
No one in the world get succeed in the first attempt. Those who learn things from mistakes can only lead to success.
6Chandra Kanth December 19, 2009 at 3:02 am
The above message ‘Learn from mistakes’ is fabulous. Yes everyone has to learn from mistakes, she/he should not make the same mistake. Made mistakes make us learn new inventions/thoughts.
7Sheik January 18, 2010 at 1:17 pm
It’s good to learn from our mistakes but I think it’s also a good way to see the good side of everything.
8AZAR January 23, 2010 at 6:02 am
To Attain the Success is not an easy one.. We have to face many difficulties..
9Santhosh February 6, 2010 at 1:38 am
Not realising the mistake is a mistake, but making the mistake is not a mistake. Mistakes can make us to learn
10Mike February 20, 2010 at 2:27 am
It’s ok to make a mistake, just don’t repeat THE SAME mistake.
11Sangeeta.S.H March 22, 2010 at 11:57 pm
Ya! Realy its so nice. and we also try to think positive only.
12Ranees March 27, 2010 at 5:41 am
Yes it’s wonderful.
13Vinod Jadhav May 1, 2010 at 1:13 am
Really its very fantastic. N0 pain no gain. Idea wont work unless and until u work on idea.
14Chandrashekhar n Chintalwar May 28, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Great. When mistakes happen they are painful but years later colection of mistakes are leads to success called experience.
15Suma May 31, 2010 at 7:17 am
Great ! Got to learn and adapt in life …
16Ninad June 13, 2010 at 4:54 am
mistakes are a part of experience which are great building blocks of life.
17Prashanti June 27, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Here thinking between two persons one is positive and the other one in negative, failure and mistakes are common but one should come in such a way to hope for the best from the result and can do it in a better way.
18Pankaj June 29, 2010 at 9:51 am
Everyone is not achieved success in first attempt. So never give up if u failed. Try 2 find the reason of failure. I hope u will be succeed in next attempt.
19Gopi chebrolu July 16, 2010 at 1:19 am
Mistakes make one perfect.
20Girish Barvaliya July 20, 2010 at 11:10 am
That’s the positive attitude. We try to do mistake so we come to learn our mistakes and we will try to improve our task.
21Ritika Jain August 8, 2010 at 2:30 am
Mistake is the initial step towards success.
22Venkat August 19, 2010 at 7:18 am
We all know that our failures are stepping stones for our success.
23Bennet September 23, 2010 at 6:18 am
Nothing is impossible. It’s nice.
24Rahul September 24, 2010 at 11:05 am
its very good, definitely we should not give up
25AKSHAY JAIN September 29, 2010 at 10:58 am
Very good comment and very well said by THOMAS ELVA EDISON. WE should always try to learn from our mistakes and we should never get disheartened by the failure of our mistakes
26LACHU November 11, 2010 at 1:19 pm
first to correct the mistakes
second not to repeat the mistakes
i remind the words of Abdul kalam sir:
Good decision comes from experience
Experience comes from bad decision
27Sumesh Babu November 28, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Mistakes make one perfect.
28Biplab January 16, 2011 at 7:06 am
First we should try. If we don’t succeed, we should find out the reason behind our failure. Then avoid the previous mistakes. This way when we keep on trying, we can at a point of time do that work perfectly without any mistakes.
29Chris February 4, 2011 at 1:33 am
Tha’s what you call… Optimism! =)
30san February 23, 2011 at 9:54 pm
So nice example ..
one who says I did mistake is not a negative thinker, one who didn’t agree his/her mistake is negative thinker.
Thank you
31Yash March 3, 2011 at 12:37 am
Every mistake, however small it may be, is a lesson by itself….
32menard April 7, 2011 at 8:52 am
life fault and trials must be look in positive ways… it will make us strong and thinks more broader