Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly s...
THOMAS A. EDISON Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
THOMAS A. EDISON The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
THOMAS A. EDISON There's a way to do it better - find it.
THOMAS A. EDISON What you are will show in what you do.
THOMAS A. EDISON Great ideas originate in the muscles.
THOMAS A. EDISON To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
THOMAS A. EDISON Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
THOMAS A. EDISON One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his...
THOMAS A. EDISON The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing ov...
THOMAS A. EDISON Religion is all bunk.
THOMAS A. EDISON Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the ot...
THOMAS A. EDISON They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
THOMAS A. EDISON There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
THOMAS A. EDISON Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world...
THOMAS A. EDISON The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-it...
THOMAS A. EDISON I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
THOMAS A. EDISON Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fund...
THOMAS A. EDISON We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work
THOMAS A. EDISON Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave...
THOMAS A. EDISON The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one p...
THOMAS A. EDISON Restlessness and discontent are the necessities of progress.
THOMAS A. EDISON Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
THOMAS A. EDISON There is no substitute for hard work.
THOMAS A. EDISON I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and C...
THOMAS A. EDISON Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they ...
THOMAS A. EDISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS A. EDISON Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
THOMAS A. EDISON His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of pers...
THOMAS A. EDISON Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one m...
THOMAS A. EDISON If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
THOMAS A. EDISON Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then h...
THOMAS A. EDISON The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
THOMAS A. EDISON Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment an...
THOMAS A. EDISON It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and s...
THOMAS A. EDISON There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialit...
THOMAS A. EDISON Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stron...
THOMAS A. EDISON Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming ...
THOMAS A. EDISON If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON ...What I have denied and what my reason compels me to deny, is the existence of a Being throned abo...
THOMAS A. EDISON I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that e...
THOMAS A. EDISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS A. EDISON Hell, there are no rules here--we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wr...
THOMAS A. EDISON We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
THOMAS A. EDISON There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
THOMAS A. EDISON The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of...
THOMAS A. EDISON Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
THOMAS A. EDISON If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
THOMAS A. EDISON Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a ...
THOMAS A. EDISON Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
THOMAS A. EDISON As a cure for worrying, work is better than whisky.
THOMAS A. EDISON He had all the attributes...
THOMAS A. EDISON It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and ...
THOMAS A. EDISON I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousan...
THOMAS A. EDISON Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep t...
THOMAS A. EDISON When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
THOMAS A. EDISON Nature is what we know. We do not know the gods of religions. And nature is not kind, or merciful, o...
THOMAS A. EDISON I have never failed, I've only shown the way I did it before doesn't work.
THOMAS A. EDISON The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one pro...
THOMAS A. EDISON There's a way to do it better - find it.
THOMAS A. EDISON Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember ...
THOMAS A. EDISON I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls succes...
THOMAS A. EDISON I have always regarded P...
THOMAS A. EDISON People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project nor contribute a pound of material, wi...
THOMAS A. EDISON Tom Paine ha...
THOMAS A. EDISON I have always been interested in this THOMAS A. EDISON Paine suffered then,...
THOMAS A. EDISON Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary pu...
THOMAS A. EDISON Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility ...
THOMAS A. EDISON The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
THOMAS A. EDISON I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it
THOMAS A. EDISON To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concen...
THOMAS A. EDISON We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using...
THOMAS A. EDISON Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thorough...
THOMAS A. EDISON I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
THOMAS A. EDISON The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the ...
THOMAS A. EDISON There are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS A. EDISON Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can n...
THOMAS A. EDISON He had all the a...
THOMAS A. EDISON To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. -Thomas Edison.
THOMAS EDISON Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas...
THOMAS EDISON Oh my, it's very beautiful over there.
THOMAS EDISON The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually disguises itself as ha...
THOMAS EDISON If you want to succeed, get some enemies.
THOMAS EDISON The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
THOMAS EDISON When Thomas Edison’s factory burned to the ground in 1914, destroying one-of-a-kind prototypes and...
THOMAS EDISON Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then g...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and ...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around
THOMAS ALVA EDISON There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls succes...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one m...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and the...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON What you are will show in what you do.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stron...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON What man's mind can create, man's character can control.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Great ideas originate in the muscles.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I have not failed. I
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of pers...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON We don't know one-millionth of one percent about anything.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep t...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I start where the last man left off.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON There's a way to do better... find it.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that e...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is succe...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one pro...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly s...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides a...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The best thinking has been done in solitude.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money ...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Someday man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release ...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention t...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best. Life's most soothing things are sweet music and a...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident and none of my inventions came about totally b...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and s...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON There is no substitute for hard work.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and C...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual ac...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Hell, there are no rules here,we are trying to accomplish something.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The first step is an intuition and it comes with a burst, then difficulties arise - this thing gives...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of thinking.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I never did anything worth doing by accident; nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they ca...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious theories of heaven and hell, of fu...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing ov...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the hu...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides a...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the ...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON All Bibles are man-made
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Vision without execution is hallucination.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialit...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-i...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON A little twist to the usual, "Everything comes to he who waits". Everything comes to him who hustles...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent
THOMAS ALVA EDISON To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then h...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON I'm proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill
THOMAS ALVA EDISON We now know a thousand ways not to build a light bulb
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment an...
THOMAS ALVA EDISON We do not know one millionth of one percent about anything.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON