Quotes By Thomas Alva Edison

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

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

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

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

Work while others are wishing.

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

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

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

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.

The radio craze will die out in time.

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

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

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

Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.

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

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

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.

Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition.

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

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.