Quotes of Thomas Alva Edison - somelinesforyou

“ Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Show me a thoroughly satisfied man – and I will show you a failure. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Show me a thoroughly satisfied man – and I will show you a failure. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of thinking. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Someday man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ The value of an idea lies in using it. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison

“ Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. ”

- Thomas Alva Edison
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