Thomas Edison Quotes

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

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

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

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

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A man’s best friend is a good wife.

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

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

Vision without execution is a hallucination.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

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

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

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

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

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

I start where the last man left off.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is very beautiful over there!

There is no substitute for hard work.

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!

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

What you are will show in what you do.

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

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

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

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

Good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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