Born in: Milan, Ohio, The United States, February 11, 1847 Died: October 18, 1931 Genre: Science
Thomas Alva Edison was an American designer, researcher and financial specialist who created numerous gadgets that incredibly affected life all throughout the planet, including the phonograph, the film camera, and a durable, down to earth electric light. Named “The Wizard of Menlo Park” (presently Edison, New Jersey) by a journalist, he was one of the primary creators to apply the standards of large scale manufacturing and huge cooperation to the course of development, and accordingly is frequently credited with the making of the principal modern exploration research facility.
Edison is viewed as one of the most productive creators ever, holding 1,093 U.S. licenses in his name, just as a huge number in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He is attributed with various innovations that added to mass correspondence and, specifically, broadcast communications. His high level work in these fields was an outgrowth of his initial vocation as a message administrator. Edison started the idea and execution of electric-power age and dispersion to homes, organizations, and manufacturing plants β a vital advancement in the cutting edge industrialized world. His first force station was on Manhattan Island, New York.
βThomas A. Edison All Quotes and Sayingsβ
βI have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.β
βMany of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.β
βWe often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like workβ
βWe often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like workβ
βFive percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.β
βThe three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.β
βGenius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine, percent perspiration.β
βWhen you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.β
βIf we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.β
βNon-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.β
βOur greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.β
βTo invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.β
βNegative results are just what I want. Theyβre just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that donβt.β
βThere are no rules here — we’re trying to accomplish something.β
βThe doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ~ β
βJust because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.β
βI have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.β
βI never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.β
βRestlessness is discontent β and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man β and I will show you a failure.β
βTo do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.β
βUnfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability…. We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.β
βEverything comes to him who hustles while he waits.β
βI find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent itβ
βThere’s a way to do it better – find it.β
βHe had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed.{Edison’s opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll}β
βI never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.β
βThe first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.β
βI am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.β
βNearly every person who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.β
βBeing 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 doingβ
βWe will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.β
βAll bibles are man-made.β
βThere is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.β
βNature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.β
βOpportunity is often missed because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.β
βA good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.β
βI am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.β
βBeing 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.β
βIf we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.β
βIt is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.β
βIt’s very beautiful over there.β
βSo far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake … Religion is all bunk.β
βI have never failed; I’ve only shown the way I did it before doesn’t work.β
βThe chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.β
βAs Edison is credited with saying, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” We all want to be successful, but most of us aren’t willing to do what those who are successful did to attain it. We want success without sacrifice, but you can’t have one without the other!β
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