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Thomas Edison Quotes


  • "Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
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  • "Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope."

  • "I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."

  • "Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."

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

    • "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

      • "Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."

      • "There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

      • "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

      • "We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything."

      • "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

      • "If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

      • "The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."

      • "Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. "

      • "Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward! "

      • "Discontent is the first necessity of progress. "

      • "Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. "

      • "Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. "

      • “We now know a thousand ways not to build a light bulb.”

      • “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”

      • "I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. "

      • "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. "

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

      • "One 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. "

      • "Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. "

      • "The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil. "

      • "The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. "

      • "The value of an idea lies in the using of it. "

      • "There is far more opportunity than there is ability. "

      • "There is no substitute for hard work. "

      • "There's a way to do it better - find it. "

      • "To have a great idea, have a lot of them. "




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