Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier,… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence.… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Radio is just a fashion contrivance that will soon die out. It is obvious that there never will be invented a proper… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.” — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
“Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred. — 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
