Thomas A. Edison Quotes

The secret of success is focus of purpose.

You can’t realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.

What you are will show in what you do.

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But… I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

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.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future