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> [Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/mr-edison-worked-endlessly-on-a-problem-using-the-method-of/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/results-why-man-i-have-gotten-lots-of-results-if-i-find-10-000-ways/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/every-wrong-attempt-discarded-is-another-step-forward/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/i-would-construct-and-work-along-various-lines-until-i-found-them/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [During all those years of experimentation and research, I never once made a discovery. All my work was deductive, and the results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/during-all-those-years-of-experimentation-and-research-i-never-once/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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## Other authors on Discarded

## More by Thomas A. Edison

> [We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/we-are-striking-it-big-in-the-electric-light-better-than-my-vivid/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/i-will-not-say-i-failed-1000-times-i-will-say-that-i-discovered-there/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Friendship is the heaven of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/friendship-is-the-heaven-of-life/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/even-though-i-am-nearly-deaf-i-seem-to-be-gifted-with-a-kind-of-inner/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/being-busy-does-not-always-mean-real-work-the-object-of-all-work-is/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/the-very-first-thing-an-executive-must-have-is-a-fine-memory-of/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/personally-i-enjoy-working-about-18-hours-a-day-besides-the-short/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/the-brain-can-be-developed-just-the-same-as-the-muscles-can-be/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [“People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/people-who-will-not-turn-a-shovel-full-of-dirt-on-the-project-nor/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/when-i-have-fully-decided-that-a-result-is-worth-getting-i-go-ahead/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/i-remember-that-i-was-never-able-to-get-along-at-school-i-was-at-the/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/invention-is-10-inspiration-and-90-perspiration/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/there-seems-to-be-no-limit-to-which-some-men-will-go-to-avoid-the/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/somewhere-between-the-ages-of-eleven-and-fifteen-the-average-child/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/not-only-will-atomic-power-be-released-but-someday-we-will-harness/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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