Thomas Edison Quotes

There is no substitute for hard work.

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

Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction-faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

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.

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.

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

From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.