Thomas Alva Edison (Opportunity is missed by most people…)

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

Thomas A. Edison Quotes

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison

The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.

Thomas A. Edison

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

Thomas A. Edison

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

Thomas A. Edison

Work while others are wishing.

Thomas A. Edison

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

Thomas A. Edison

There is no substitute for hard work.

Thomas A. Edison

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

Thomas A. Edison

I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience.

Thomas A. Edison

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.

Thomas A. Edison

Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.

Thomas A. Edison

Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination

Thomas A. Edison

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

Thomas A. Edison

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

Thomas A. Edison

I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.

Thomas A. Edison

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

Thomas A. Edison

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Thomas A. Edison

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.

Thomas A. Edison

There is a better way for everything. Find it.

Thomas A. Edison

The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success.

Thomas A. Edison

Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.

Thomas A. Edison

I get my ideas from listening from within.

Thomas A. Edison

I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.

Thomas A. Edison

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward

Thomas A. Edison

Do the thing and the power will come.

Thomas A. Edison

Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option.

Thomas A. Edison

Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward....

Thomas A. Edison

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

Thomas A. Edison