Thomas A. Edison

Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.

inspirational


Thomas A. Edison

To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity.

art


Thomas A. Edison

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

best


Thomas A. Edison

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

business


Thomas A. Edison

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

business


Thomas A. Edison

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!

business


Thomas A. Edison

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!

courage


Thomas A. Edison

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.

death


Thomas A. Edison

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

failure


Thomas A. Edison

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

failure


Thomas A. Edison

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

failure


Thomas A. Edison

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!

faith


Thomas A. Edison

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

friendship


Thomas A. Edison

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

good


Thomas A. Edison

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

great


Thomas A. Edison

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

great


Thomas A. Edison

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

great


Thomas A. Edison

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

imagination


Thomas A. Edison

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

life


Thomas A. Edison

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

life


Thomas A. Edison

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.

money


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