Thomas Alva Edison, better remembered as an inventor than a businessman, has much to teach or inspire us even today. A prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents, he spent his entire life inventing many practical devices like phonogram, motion picture camera and long-lasting electric bulbs. If you are wondering what led to his phenomenal success all you have to do is to look into his quotes to find the answer. Yes, he had his failures; but he looked at those failures as “10,000 ways that won’t work” and reapplied himself to the job with more gusto. Let us now look into some of his quotes that have been inspiring men and women to try once more and achieve success.
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
Thomas Edison
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
Thomas Edison
To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.
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
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
Thomas Edison
What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
Thomas Edison
I start where the last man left off.
Thomas Edison
The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
Thomas Edison
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
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
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Thomas Edison
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
Thomas Edison
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
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.
Thomas Edison
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
