"I haven't failed -- I've just found 10,000 that won't work."
- Thomas Edison
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
- Thomas Edison
“Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”
- Thomas Edison
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time.”
- Thomas Edison
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
- Thomas Edison
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.”
- Thomas Edison
“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.”
- Thomas Edison
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
- Thomas Edison
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
- Thomas Edison
“Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.”
- Thomas Edison
- Thomas Edison
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
- Thomas Edison
“Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.”
- Thomas Edison
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time.”
- Thomas Edison
“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”
- Thomas Edison
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.”
- Thomas Edison
“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.”
- Thomas Edison
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
- Thomas Edison
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
- Thomas Edison
“Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.”
- Thomas Edison