Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas Alva Edisonwas an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionInventor
Date of Birth11 February 1847
CountryUnited States of America
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.
Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.
Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that's not the place to become discouraged.
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something.
Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.
Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.