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
Thomas A. Edison quotes about
Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial; but here was something there was no doubt of.
We tried some experiments in mind reading which were not very successful. Think mind reading contrary to common sense, wise provision of the Bon Dieu that we cannot read each others minds, twould stop civilization and everybody would take to the woods. In fifty or hundred thousand centuries when mankind have become perfect by evolution then perhaps this sense could be developed with safety to the state.
I have not failed 10,000 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 10,000 ways will not work,
The real measure of success is the number of experiments that can be crowded into 24 hours.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
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.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary.
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.