Thomas Edison Quotes
February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
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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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More Thomas Edison Quotes
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
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Thomas Edison
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas Edison— Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), Harper's Monthly, 1932 [ ]
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Edison
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Thomas Edison—
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.
There's a way to do it better - find it.
Thomas Edison
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison—
There is no substitute for hard work.
Thomas Edison— American inventor
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.
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).
