Thomas A. Edison

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

— Thomas A. Edison

#found #i #just #ways #won

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

— Thomas A. Edison

#did #failures #gave #how #life

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-ignorance #die

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#opportunity #work #work

Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#inspiration #inspirational

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

— Thomas A. Edison

#edison #inspirational #possibilities #science #inspirational

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#enterprise #hard-work #inspirational #perseverance #persistence

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 A. Edison

#ethics #evolution #goal #harming #highest

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

— Thomas A. Edison

#wise-words #inspirational

Vision without execution is hallucination. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

#vision