Thomas Edison - "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern.Today's quote comes from Thomas Edison, who tested thousands of materials before finding the right filament for the light bulb.He said:"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."Just one more time. Not ten more. Not a hundred more. Just one more.Edison isn't asking for heroic persistence. He's asking for one additional attempt.Think about what he's saying. The most certain way to succeed isn't talent. Isn't luck. Isn't genius. It's trying one more time than you think you can.Most people quit right before the breakthrough. They try. They fail. They try again. They fail again. And then they decide they've tried enough.But Edison's telling us: that's exactly when you need to try once more.He tested over 3,000 materials before finding the right filament for the light bulb. Imagine if he'd stopped at 2,999. The world would have stayed in the dark a little longer.The difference between failure and success often isn't ability. It's one more attempt.Here's why this works: when you're at the point of giving up, you've already learned everything that didn't work. You've eliminated thousands of wrong answers. You're closer to the solution than you've ever been.That's the worst time to quit. That's when one more try has the highest chance of succeeding.But it's also when it feels hardest. When you're tired. When you're discouraged. When you've already failed so many times that trying again feels pointless.Edison understands that. He's not saying it's easy. He's saying it's necessary. Just one more time.Because giving up is guaranteed failure. But trying one more time? That's the most certain path to success.So here's the question: What are you about to give up on? And what would happen if you tried just one more time?Not ten more. Not forever. Just once more.Because our greatest weakness is giving up. And the solution is simpler than you think. One. More. Time.That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern – I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.