Thomas edison light bulb failures

Dubbed “The Wizard of Menlo Park”, Thomas Alva Edison was Americ’s most well known and prolific inventor. He amassed a record of 1,093 patents that includes the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and his most significant, the light bulb.

Did you know that in search of a filament for the light bulb, Thomas Edison sought and tried thousands of materials before he finally succeeded? Once, his assistant complained, “All our hard work is in vain. We have gained nothing.” Thomas Edison replied calmly, “We have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are 2,000 elements that cannot make a good light bulb.”

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”

– Thomas Edison

Everyone fails in life at one point or another. If you haven’t already experienced any grand failures, you will, in due course. I am not trying to jinx you or pour cold water on you by saying this. It’s part and parcel