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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

There is a better way for everything. Find it.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Way, Better Ways

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

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
"From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Karma, Running

The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Men, World

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Life, Motivational
"Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently : Lessons from Edison's Mother". Book by Scott Teel, 2007.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Wise, Men

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

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Rich, Electricity
Thomas A. Edison's statement to a reporter during the first public demonstration of his incandescent (December 31, 1879), as quoted in Chris J. Magoc "Chronology of Americans and the Environment" (p. 46), 2011.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness
"The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison". Book by Thomas A. Edison, 1948.

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

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Men, Thinking

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive
Harper's Monthly Magazine, September 1932.

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

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Positive
"Motivating Humans : Goals, Emotions, and Personal Agency Beliefs". Book by Martin E. Ford, 1992.

A man’s best friend is a good wife.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Men, Wife

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Single

I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Life, Fun
"Edison & Ford Quote Book". Book by Edison & Ford Winter Estates, 2003.

Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Sleep

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Failure
"The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison". Book by Thomas A. Edison, 1948.

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Science, Trying

I failed my way to success.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Fear

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Friendship, Positive

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Real
Ford Times, Vol. 6, p. 136, 1912.

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Motivational, Creativity

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

Thomas A. Edison
Inspirational, Perseverance, Life Lesson

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