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Thomas A. Edison Quotes

Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison

Birth: February 11, 1847

Death: October 18, 1931

Thomas A. Edison

Birth: February 11, 1847

Death: October 18, 1931

The most prolific inventor in American history, Thomas Edison was responsible for the registration of nearly 1,200 patents in his lifetime, from electric power and sound recording to motion pictures and storage batteries. During his lifetime, he had two major laboratories and more than 300 companies worldwide manufacturing and marketing his inventions. He revolutionized telecommunications …

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You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with. Read More >

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Read More >

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

I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. Read More >

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Read More >

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. Read More >

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work. Read More >

There is no substitute for hard work. Read More >

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. Read More >

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. Read More >

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun. Read More >

e might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. Read More >

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. Read More >

What man's mind can create, man's character can control. Read More >

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Read More >

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists -- proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision. Read More >

Religion is all bunk. Read More >

The value of an idea lies in the using of it. Read More >

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Read More >

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Read More >

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. Read More >

Discontent is the first necessity of progress. Read More >

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. Read More >

If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. Read More >

e might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. Read More >

I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. Read More >

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants. Read More >

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. Read More >

eing busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Read More >

I start where the last man left off. Read More >

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes. Read More >

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. Read More >

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. Read More >

Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. Read More >

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward. Read More >

Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work. Read More >

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to inve. Read More >

If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. Read More >

There is always a better way. Read More >

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on. Read More >

There's a way to do better... find it. Read More >

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. Read More >

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning. Read More >

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. Read More >

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking. Read More >

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. Read More >

The best thinking has been done in solitude. Read More >

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. Read More >

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration! Read More >

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. Read More >

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