A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.

I failed my way to success.

- Thomas Edison

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

- Thomas Edison

Hell, there are no rules here, we’re trying to accomplish something.

- Thomas Edison

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

- Thomas Edison

I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator

- Thomas Edison

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

- Thomas Edison

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

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.

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

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.

- Thomas Edison

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

- Thomas Edison

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

When I have finally decided that a result is worth getting, I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes.

- Thomas Edison

To have a great idea, have a lot of them

- Thomas Edison

There is far more opportunity than there is ability

- Thomas Edison

Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability…. We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

- Thomas Edison