Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
Thomas Edison Quotes
I haven’t failed,I have just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
—Thomas Edison
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.
—Thomas Edison
Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.
—Thomas Edison
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
—Thomas Edison
The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.
—Thomas Edison
I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.
—Thomas Edison
I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
—Thomas Edison
Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.
—Thomas Edison
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.
—Thomas Edison
A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.
—Thomas Edison
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
—Thomas Edison
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
—Thomas Edison
There is no substitute for hard work.
—Thomas 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 Edison