Thomas A. Edison Quotes
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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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I was at the foot of my class.
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Sticking to it is the genius.
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Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
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The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
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The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization.
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There is a better way for everything. Find it.
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Great ideas originate in the muscles.
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The dove is my emblem.
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Perhaps dandruff is the excreta of the mind the quantity of this material being directly proportional to the amount of reading one indulges in. A book on German metaphysics would thus easily ruin a dress suit.
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If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful.
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Being busy does not always mean real work.
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise.
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A man’s best friend is a good wife.
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I do not believe any type of religion should ever be introduced into the public schools of the United States.
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Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy.
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Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
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Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.
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Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose.
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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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Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
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Any large extension of the Government into business affairs - no matter what the pretense and no matter how the the extension is labeled - will be bound to promote waste and put a curb on our prosperity and progress.
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Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
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Consider data without prejudice.