I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. Thomas A. Edison More Quotes by Thomas A. Edison More Quotes From Thomas A. Edison We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything. Thomas A. Edison ignorance drinking knowledge Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities. Thomas A. Edison drug sleep opportunity My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality. Thomas A. Edison stopping ability quality There's a way to do it better - find it. Thomas A. Edison creativity business positive It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing that gives out and then that-"Bugs"as such little faults and difficulties are called show themselves and months of anxious watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success-or failure-is certainly reached. Thomas A. Edison success giving science I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them. Thomas A. Edison funny-inspirational creativity mistake I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come indirectly through accident, except the phonograph. No, when I have, fully decided that a result is worth getting, I go about it, and make trial after trial, until it comes. Thomas A. Edison anything-worth-doing invention trials The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. Thomas A. Edison common-sense work success Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success. Thomas A. Edison genius sticks way Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work. Thomas A. Edison damn-things good-work damn As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me. Thomas A. Edison focus worry motivational First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject. Thomas A. Edison study past firsts The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. 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 hard-work adventure ideas I have had a lot of success with failure Thomas A. Edison I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience. Thomas A. Edison made mistake past An idea is something that won't work unless you do. Thomas A. Edison ideas Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward! Thomas A. Edison faith courage father We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present. Thomas A. Edison complacency self-confidence design When there's no experimenting there's no progress. Stop experimenting and you go backward. If anything goes wrong, experiment until you get to the very bottom of the trouble. Thomas A. Edison anything-goes progress trouble To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison imagination-creativity inspirational science
