Thomas A. Edison Quotes

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

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.

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

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

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

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.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

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!

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

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

There is no substitute for hard work.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

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

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

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

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

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

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

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

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

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