Thomas A. Edison Quotes

American - Inventor | February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Thomas A. Edison

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

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There is no substitute for hard work.

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

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There's a way to do it better - find it.

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If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

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The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

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Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

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