Stanislaw Ulam Quotes

If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve.

Men do not fail; they give up trying.

Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.".

Never give up on an idea simply because it is bad and doesn't work.

You can do anything you want to do as long as you keep a good attitude and keep working at it. But the second you give up, you’re screwed.

The more times and the more different things you try, the more likely it is that you will succeed.

Don't ever give up. You can't let discouragement get you down. You can always find negative people that will try to discourage you from your goals. You can't be discouraged, and you can't let the word "no" stop you.

I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work.

I must keep on trying, just to keep the experiment going until I get tired of it all. Even if the last result is not necessarily the best, I stop when my interest in the problem wanes.

I don't think something is a failure if you put your all into it. I'm a big fan of the saying, "Nothing beats a failure but a try."

If anything is worth trying at all, it's worth trying at least 10 times.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

The mantra I used was 'find a way.'

Keep believing. You may be tired, discouraged, but don't give up on your future.

Never give up and take nothing for granted in life.

Be patient. Be confident in yourself. Anything can happen if you really work at it. Never give up. It‘s corny, but never give up.

If the first plan which you adopt does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan; if this new plan fails to work, replace it in turn with still another, and so on, until you find a plan which does work. Right here is the point at which the majority of men meet with failure, because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

I will not fail,' the water bearer's daughter vowed. 'But worse than failing is not to try at all. For then there can be no hope of success.

There is an old motto that runs, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This is nonsense. It ought to read, "If at first you don't succeed, quit, quit at once."

I'm never a failure, unless I quit trying, and neither are you.

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.

Take "no" as an encouragement to redouble his efforts, so it was easier to say "yes" right away.

We never quit trying. I know that's kind of corny, but the fact is we never quit trying. The dugout was alive even when we were behind. And sometimes it works.

Never give up on your dreams.

We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.