Quotes By Thomas Alva Edison

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new.

The beauty of a great idea lies in the art of using it.

Work while others are wishing.

Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.

The man who doesn't make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

Nature made us - nature did it all - not the gods of the religions.

Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.

Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.

What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.

The greatest discoveries will be along spiritual lines. This is the field where miracles are going to happen. Spiritualpower is the greatest underdeveloped power and has the greatest future.

I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.

I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

What you are will show in what you do.

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.

A man's best friend is a good wife.

I believe in the existence of a Supreme Intelligence pervading the Universe.

Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.