Quotes By Thomas Alva Edison

I try not to invent things that people don't need.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.

Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.

The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

I never quit until I get what I want.

Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.

Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition.

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.

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

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

Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.

My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.

The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.

The radio craze will die out in time.

I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine.