"I failed my way to success"

I'm not sure if this is right, but Edison tried hundreds of times to invent the light bulb. He said that every time it didn't work, he didn't fail, he learned what didn't work.

Thank you! He made a really illuminating construal, just like his invention. but if nobody knows about him, who will know what he's talking about? i looked up the dictionary but find no use of "fail" like this.

He is using fail because it normally means to be unsuccessful, but, like Vorpar said, his failures were not complete failures but opportunities to learn how to succeed. So, his quote is like an oxymoron with two terms that usually are opposite in meaning.

an oxymoron, ok,i think i could search wikipedia for it. 
i've learned a lot from both of you, thank you!

copysnakeEdison said "I failed my way to success", but i don't quite understand about it. could "fail" be used like this?

Yes. It's almost a joke. It depends on your knowing a grammatical construction called the "X's WAY construction".

The man pushed his way to the front of the line.
(He kept on pushing until he reached the front

wow, that's cool. i think i finally understand. perhaps i really need more reading in the future. thank you!