Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Work
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There is no substitute for hard work.
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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
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Great ideas originate in the muscles.
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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.
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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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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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Today, I am wondering what would have happened to me by now, if, fifty years ago, some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced me that it was not fair to my fellow-workers to put forth my best efforts in my work? I am glad that the eight-hour day had not been invented when I was a young man. If my life had been made up of eight-hour days, I don't believe I could have accomplished a great deal.
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A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. "Aren't you discouraged by all this waste of effort?" the reporter asked. Edison: "Waste! There's nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that won't 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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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
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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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Work while others are wishing.
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