Tuesday, June 18, 2013

20 Great Quotes By Thomas Alva Edison

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


“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 A. Edison


“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.” 
― Thomas A. Edison

Thomas Alva Edison is best know for the invention of Light bulb. He was  inventor and businessman. He developed phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb that greatly influenced life around the world. He has more than 1900 patents in many countries of the world. A few quotes from are.....


“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.” 
― Thomas A. 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 A. Edison


“Vision without execution is hallucination.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“What you are will show in what you do.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“There are no rules here -- we're trying to accomplish something.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~ ” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.” 
― Thomas A. Edison


“There is time for everything.” 
― Thomas A. Edison

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