Thomas Edison quotes

Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work. (Thomas Edison)
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. View quote
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Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration! View quote
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I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles. View quote
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. View quote
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There's a way to do it better - find it. View quote
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If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves. View quote
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Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. View quote
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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. View quote
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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. View quote
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I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun. (Thomas Edison)
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. View quote
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Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. View quote
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We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. View quote
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The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. View quote
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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. View quote
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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. View quote
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I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. View quote
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Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something. View quote
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Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. View quote
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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. (Thomas Edison)
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking. View quote
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I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt. View quote
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So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk. View quote
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To Monsieur Eiffel the Engineer, the brave builder of so gigantic and original a specimen of modern Engineering from one who has the greatest respect and admiration for all Engineers including the Great Engineer the Bon Dieu. View quote
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