Thomas Edison Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.

Hell, there are no rules here - we’re trying to accomplish something.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this, you haven’t.

We don’t know a millionth of one per cent about anything.

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast.

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

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

Good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

You can’t realize your dreams unless you have one, to begin with.

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.

Never get discouraged if you fail. Learn from it. Keep trying.

I’ve never made a mistake. I’ve only learned from experience.

What you are will show in what you do.

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

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!

There is no substitute for hard work.

It is very beautiful over there!

I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.

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

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.

I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off.

There’s a way to do it better - find it.

I don’t live with the past; I am living for today and tomorrow.

We often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work.

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

I start where the last man left off.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

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

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

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

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Vision without execution is a hallucination.

What a man’s mind can create, man’s character should control.

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

A man’s best friend is a good wife.

I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

There are no rules here, we’re trying to accomplish something.

It’s obvious that we don’t know one-millionth of one per cent about anything.

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

Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

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

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.

Not everything of value in life comes from books- experience the world.

Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.

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