Wisdom Nugget: I am sharing this.
By tombiz
@tombiz (2036)
Philippines
July 5, 2007 12:53am CST
As I am eating my three pieces of sweet Philippines Carabao mangoes here infront of my laptop while surfing the net, i came up with a quote which speaks well of not giving up, of always trying things, of perseverance, of faith and of courage.
I hope you will like it. Here it is:
Famous inventor, Thomas Edison, when asked “wasn’t it incredibly frustrating and disheartening having failed 109 times before finally inventing the light bulb?” “Quite the contrary”, he replied, “ I learnt a great deal. I discovered 109 ways NOT to make a light bulb.”
1 response
@minijumbuk (514)
• Australia
5 Jul 07
Hi there tombiz!
This is a VERY interesting discussion topic. Edison must be a very positive person, very humorous too haha!
Although learning 109 ways to do something wrong really is not learning anything at all LOL! but it is a better way to look a failure i guess..... just to comfort yourself while making a joke out of misery !!
I think i can quote this on my MSN, it is quite interesting and i just love it! great discussion here, if there was a vote for "best discussion" instead of "best response" that you are allowed everyday, i would definately vote for this one, simple, but interesting
