27 quotes
"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever."
- Thomas A. Edison
Hope
"I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun."
- Thomas A. Edison
Happiness
"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven't."
- Thomas A. Edison
Motivation
"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."
- Thomas A. Edison
Motivation
"There is no substitute for hard work."
- Thomas A. Edison
Hard Work
"Most people miss Opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
- Thomas A. Edison
Hard Work
"The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work."
- Thomas A. Edison
Hard Work
"There’s no substitute for hard work."
- Thomas A. Edison
Hard Work
"We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation."
- Thomas A. Edison
Success
"The best thinking has been done in solitude."
- Thomas A. Edison
Creativity
"To have a great idea, have a lot of them."
- Thomas A. Edison
Creativity
"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this: you haven’t."
- Thomas A. Edison
Resilience
"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t."
- Thomas A. Edison
Resilience
"Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless."
- Thomas A. Edison
Insight
"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up"
- Thomas A. Edison
Persistence
"When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this—you haven't."
- Thomas A. Edison
Persistence
""Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.""
- Thomas A. Edison
Failure
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas A. Edison
Learning from Mistakes
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
- Thomas A. Edison
Perseverance
"“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”"
- Thomas A. Edison
Perseverance
"The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
- Thomas A. Edison
Perseverance
"Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
- Thomas A. Edison
Perseverance
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up."
- Thomas A. Edison
Perseverance
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
- Thomas A. Edison
Achievement
"If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
- Thomas A. Edison
Achievement
"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."
- Thomas A. Edison
Productivity
"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."
- Thomas A. Edison
Philosophy