Thomas Edison Quotes

February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931

Thomas Alva Edison (11 February 1847 – 18 October 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life worldwide into the twenty-first century.

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

As quoted in Motivating Humans : Goals, Emotions, and Personal Agency Beliefs (1992) by Martin E. Ford, p. 17

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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Thomas Edison
— As quoted in Behavior-Based Robotics (1998) by Ronald C. Arkin. p. 8

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I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

Thomas Edison

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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas Edison
— Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), Harper's Monthly, 1932 [ ]

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas Edison

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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

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I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours and thrived on it.

Thomas Edison
— Diary entry quoted in Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently: Lessons from Edison's Mother (2007) by Scott Teel, p. 12.

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There's a way to do it better - find it.

Thomas Edison

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I haven't failed I have just found 10,000 ways that don'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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There is no substitute for hard work.

Thomas Edison
— American inventor

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas Edison
— As quoted in An Enemy Called Average (1990, p. 55) by John L. Mason.

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Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Thomas Edison
— Spoken statement (c. 1903); published in Harper's Monthly Magazine (September 1932).

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