If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. Thomas Edison View this quote
My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for – someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me. Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged. Thomas 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 Edison
Nothing that’s good works by itself, you’ve got to make the damn thing work. Thomas Edison
Our schools are not teaching students to think. It is astonishing how many young people have difficulty in putting their brains definitely and systematically to work… Thomas Edison
People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward. Thomas Edison
Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night. Thomas Edison
Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas Edison
Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities. Thomas Edison
Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work. Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman
February 11th, 1847 - October 18th, 1931
