Persistence Pays

Persistence Pays 

About Thomas Edison's many attempts in seeking to
invent the electric light bulb Susan Hayward in Begin
It Now wrote, "Two dejected assistants of Thomas Edison
said, 'We've just completed our 700th experiment and we
still don't have the answer. We have failed.'

"'No, my friends, you haven't failed,' replied Mr.
Edison, 'it's just that we know more about this subject
than anyone else alive. And we're closer to finding the
answer because now we know 700 things not to do. Don't
call it a mistake. Call it an education.'"1

Persistence paid off very well for Edison ... for us
too because eventually he succeeded in perfecting the
electric light bulb. Persistence in any worthwhile
cause always pays rich dividends. And better
still--persistence in God's work pays eternal
dividends. 
 Cited in Bits & Pieces.