Thomas Edison

fail 10000 ways don't work

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

― Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

Thomas Edison - No rules

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

—Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

edison - motion picture education textbook

“I believe that the motion picture is destined to revolutionize our education system and that in a few years it will supplant largely, if not entirely, the use of textbooks.” (1922)

—Thomas Edison (1847-1931)

think die

“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 (1847-1931)

opportunity overalls work

“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”

― Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

three essentials achieve work stick common sense

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

― Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

negaive results valuable positive best

“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 (1847-1931)

clear thinking solitude imagination

“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 (1847-1931)

way better find

“There's a way to do it better - find it.”

― Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

busy work accomplish

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing”

― Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

nature wonderful man foul

“Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.”

― Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)

good intention bad approach poor result

“A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.”

― Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)