Quotation by

Thomas A. Edison

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

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People often stop trying right before they would have succeeded, not understanding how near they were to achieving their goal. This means that giving up too soon can prevent someone from reaching success that was almost within their grasp.

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