Quotes by 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
If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
- Thomas A. Edison
Non- violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
- Thomas A. Edison
Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty- five percent would rather die than think.
- Thomas A. Edison
The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick- to- itiveness; third, common sense.
- Thomas A. Edison
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time.
- 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 up.
- Thomas A. Edison
Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
- Thomas A. Edison
We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything.
- Thomas A. Edison
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
- Thomas A. Edison
Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.
- Thomas A. Edison
When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.
- Thomas A. Edison
What you are will show in what you do.
- Thomas A. Edison