Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because… — 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
Many a person who could not comprehend Rousseau, and would be puzzled by Montesquieu, could understand Paine as an open book. He… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As a result, a genius is often a talented person who has simply… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are… — 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
