Thomas Edison

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

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

Thomas Edison

I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!

Thomas Edison

I never quit until I get what I want.

Thomas Edison

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

Thomas Edison

I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class.

Thomas Edison

I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.

Thomas Edison

I think work is the world’s greatest fun.

Thomas Edison

I would construct and work along various lines until I found them untenable. When one theory was discarded, I developed another at once. I realized very early that this was the only possible way for me to work out all the problems.

Thomas Edison

If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value….

Thomas Edison