Thomas Edison Quotes

Thomas Edison
  • I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  • Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
  • There's a way to do it better, find it.
  • The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
  • To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
  • Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
  • Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
  • I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
  • I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
  • We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work.
1847 - 1931