Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Positive

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  • I start where the last man left off.

    "Makers of the Modern World : The Lives of Ninety-two Writers, Artists, Scientists, Statesmen, Inventors, Philosophers, Composers, and Other Creators who Formed the Pattern of Our Century". Book by Louis Untermeyer, 1955.
  • The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

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

  • To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

  • Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

  • Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

    "Geek mythology and Nikola Tesla" by Rebekah Higgitt, www.theguardian.com. August 20, 2012.
  • I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

    "Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently : Lessons from Edison's Mother". Book by Scott Teel, 2007.
  • Vision without execution is delusion.

  • Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

    Harper's Monthly Magazine, September 1932.
  • There's a way to do it better - find it.

  • Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

    "Thomas Alva Edison : Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life". Book by Francis Arthur Jones, 1908.
  • I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

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

    "From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.
  • If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

    "Motivating Humans : Goals, Emotions, and Personal Agency Beliefs". Book by Martin E. Ford, 1992.
  • His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

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

    "Artifacts : An Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley". Book by Christine Finn, 2001.
  • I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

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

    "An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.
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Thomas A. Edison

  • Born: February 11, 1847
  • Died: October 18, 1931
  • Occupation: Inventor