Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.
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All bibles are man-made.
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Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off... All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.
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I never failed. It just didn't work 10,000 times.
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There is a better way for everything. Find it.
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I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
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When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
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IF PARENTS PASS ENTHUSIASM ALONG TO THEIR CHILDREN, THEY WILL LEAVE THEM AN ESTATE OF INCALCULABLE VALUE
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I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at once. I realized very early that this was the only possible way for me to work out all the problems.
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This problem, once solved, will be simple.
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Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
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I was at the foot of my class.
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I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.
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There's a way to do it better - find it.
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Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.
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The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
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The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
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I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.
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The real measure of success is the number of experiments that can be crowded into 24 hours.
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Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.
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As Danand Ian over at the Lifestyle Business Podcast say: Rush to failure.
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I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!