Good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

Good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

Thomas Edison

It is very beautiful over there!

It is very beautiful over there!

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!

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

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

What you are will show in what you do.

What you are will show in what you do.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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