They were not failures, they were new found ways of what does not work "I can accept failure,everyonefails at something. But I… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I have a peculiar theory about radium, and I believe it is the correct one. I believe that there is some mysterious… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I never once failed at making a light bulb. I just found out 99 ways not to make one. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Remember, life is all what you focus on. Learn lessons and keep moving forward towards your goals and dreams... "I have not… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
During all those years of experimentation and research, I never once made a discovery. All my work was deductive, and the results… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train the… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
