20 Best Quotes from Thomas Edison to Reflect

     Famous and Motivating Quotes by Thomas Edison about life, failure, gratitude... Messages, Quotes, Thoughts, Excerpts and Motivational Phrases from this genius! Only the best.

Who was Thomas Edison?

     Thomas Alva Edison (Milan, Ohio, February 11, 1847 - West Orange, New Jersey, October 18, 1931) was an American businessman who patented and financed the development of many important devices of great industrial interest. "The Wizard of Menlo Park", as he was known, was one of the first to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention.

     In his lifetime, Thomas Edison filed 2,332 patents. The phonograph was one of his main inventions. Another was the cinematograph, the first successful cinematographic camera, with the equipment to show the films it made. Edison also perfected the telephone, invented by Antonio Meucci, into a device that worked much better. He did the same with the typewriter. He has worked on a variety of projects, such as vacuum-packed food, an X-ray machine and a system of cheaper concrete constructions.

Motivating Quotes by Thomas Edison:

• "Time is really the only capital any human being has and the thing he can least lose or waste."
  

• "We will not have better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all the conditions we have in the present."

• "Almost every man who develops an idea takes it to the point of seeming impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to get discouraged." - Thomas A. Edison

• "The thing I lose patience with the most is the watch. Its hands move very fast."

• "Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very often it is more unfair to youth."

• "The three great foundations for achieving something worthwhile are: hard work, persistence and common sense."

• "I never see mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work."

• "Someday man will control the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun and release atomic energy."

• "The man who does not make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking loses the greatest pleasure in life."

• "Everything comes to the one who hurries while waiting."

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Thomas Edison Quotes for Reflection:

• "I didn't fail. I just found 10,000 ways that don't work."
  

• "The opportunity is missed by most people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like a job."

• "If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally be amazed."

• "We will not have better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all the conditions we have in the present."

• "I never made a mistake. I just learned from experience."

• "I readily absorb ideas from all sources, often starting where the last person left off." - Thomas A. Edison

• "Inspiration can be found in a pile of garbage. Sometimes you can put it together with a good imagination and make something up."

• "Show me a completely satisfied man and I'll show you a failure."

• "Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!"

• "Good luck usually happens when opportunity meets preparation."

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