Famous Inspiration Quotes By Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
1847 - 1931
American Scientist
About Thomas Edison:
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.
Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.
Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, inparticular, telecommunications. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator.
Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories - a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first power plant was on Manhattan Island, New York. Famous inspirational quotes from Thomas Edison to inspire you. When you consider the time that Mr. Edison lived and what he achieved, he should be a motivator to you to remind you that you can achieve whatever you dream of.
Honors and awards given to Edison:
In 1887, Edison won the Matteucci Medal. He was ranked thirty-fifth on Michael H. Hart's 1978 book The 100, a list of the most influential figures in history. Life magazine (USA), in a special double issue in 1997, placed Edison first in the list of the "100 Most Important People in the Last 1000 Years", noting that the light bulb he promoted "lit up the world". In the 2005 television series The Greatest American, he was voted by viewers as the
fifteenth-greatest.
In 1983, the United States Congress, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 140 (Public Law 97 - 198), designated February 11, Edison's birthday, as National Inventor's Day.
Thomas Edison
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison
Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction-faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Thomas Edison
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Thomas Edison
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Thomas Edison
The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness.
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Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
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I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.
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We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.
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From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
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If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.
Thomas Edison
I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary.
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
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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 Edison
Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so-called scientific knowledge.
Thomas Edison
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas Edison
If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value.
Thomas Edison
Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and discontent is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Thomas Edison
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
Thomas Edison
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure.
Thomas Edison
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas Edison
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
Thomas Edison
Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.
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I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
Thomas Edison
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
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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.
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To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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