25 Thomas Edison Quotes That Will Motivate You

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25 Best Thomas Edison Quotes

1. “Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” – Thomas Edison

2. “It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.” – Thomas Edison

3. “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 Edison

4. “I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.” – Thomas Edison

5. “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

6. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” – Thomas Edison

7. “I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.” – Thomas Edison

8. “Discontent is the first necessity of progress.” – Thomas Edison

9. “If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.” – Thomas Edison

10. “His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.” – Thomas Edison

11. “The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.” – Thomas Edison

12. “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 Edison

13. “The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” – Thomas Edison

14. “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” – Thomas Edison

15. “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” – Thomas Edison

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

17. “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” – Thomas Edison

18. “The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.” – Thomas Edison

19. “Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.” – Thomas Edison

20. “I start where the last man left off.” – Thomas Edison

21. “Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison

22. “The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.” – Thomas Edison

23. “There is far more opportunity than there is ability.” – Thomas Edison

24. “Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.” – Thomas Edison

25. “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison

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25 Best Thomas Edison Quotes

10. “His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.” – Thomas Edison

20. “I start where the last man left off.” – Thomas Edison

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