Vision without execution is delusion. Thomas A. Edison More Quotes by Thomas A. Edison More Quotes From Thomas A. Edison All bibles are man-made. Thomas A. Edison biblemenreligion Success is the result of hard work. Thomas A. Edison mathematicsresultshard-work Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think. Thomas A. Edison willful-ignorancepeoplethinking I get my ideas from listening from within. Thomas A. Edison listeningideas From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce. Thomas A. Edison couplemotivationalmen There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs. Thomas A. Edison sizewantmen No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work! Thomas A. Edison contraryinspirationalideas Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless. Thomas A. Edison lost-friendshiplosstime I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it Thomas A. Edison tryinginspirationalscience I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun. Thomas A. Edison funinspirationallife I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life - our desire to go on living - our dread of coming to an end. Thomas A. Edison atheistsoulbelieve I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred. Thomas A. Edison birthdayinspirationallife I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. Thomas A. Edison positiveinspirationalfriendship The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them. Thomas A. Edison littlesmotivationalthinking Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool. Thomas A. Edison wiseinspirationalmen This problem, once solved, will be simple. Thomas A. Edison problemsimple What a man's mind can create, man's character can control. Thomas A. Edison angelcharactermen None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Thomas A. Edison ninety-nineinspirationneeds I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class. Thomas A. Edison educationclassschool Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work. Thomas A. Edison plusambitionimagination
