LEARN FROM MISTAKES

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 now know that there are two thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb.”

Where there's a will there's a way

Where there's a will, there's a way.
- old English proverb

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

- John Quincy Adams

You must do the things you think you cannot do.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

Sometimes success requires persistence and hard work. Sometimes an ingenious new approach is needed. Or it may be time for a whole new beginning. Think, and choose wisely whether to try harder or to try something new.

Mother’s Love

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was  fixing supper, and handed her a piece of  paper  that  he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass:  Rs.5.00
For cleaning up my room this week:  Rs.1.00

For going to the store for you:  Rs.1.00

Taking out the garbage:  Rs.1.00
For getting a good report card:  Rs.5.00
For cleaning up and raking the yard:  Rs.2.00
Total owed:  Rs.15.00

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No Charge 
For  all   the nights  that   I've sat  up with you,  doctored and prayed for you:  No Charge 
For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years:  No Charge 
For all the nights that were filled with dread  and  for the worries I knew were ahead:    No Charge 
For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose:  No Charge 
Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is:  No Charge.


When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big  tears  in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And  then he took the pen and  in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".