Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
In plain words
Lots of people quit right before it was about to work.
Where these words come from
- 36% sureLots of sources credit Thomas Edison with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
- widely attributed, no primary source found — appears on Wikiquote's main Quotes section as a standalone featured quote with no citation to any original Edison writing, letter, or interview.
