Thomas Edison Quotes
Browse 22 quotes from Thomas Edison, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Not a day’s work in all my life. What I have done I have done, because it has been play.”
“Restlessness is discontent, and discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
“The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are: first, hard work; second, stick-to-it-iveness; and third, common sense.”
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”
“The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.”
“Thinking is the hardest work in the world for those who have not formed the habit, but thinking can give pleasure and excitement.”
“Thinking is the hardest work in the world, which is probably why so few engage in it.”
“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.”
“Discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
“What you are will show in what you do.”
“Vision without execution is hallucination.”
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”
“A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.”
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
“When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.”
“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”
“There's a way to do it better—find it.”
