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.

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

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

- 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

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