110+ Thomas A. Edison Quotes On Success, Innovation And Medicine

Thomas A. Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison's inventions contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Thomas A. Edison on success, innovation, medicine.

Top 10 Thomas A. Edison Quotes

1. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
2. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
3. If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
4. The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.
5. I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
6. Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Failing for Success
7. The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.
8. 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.
9. Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.
10. Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future

Thomas A. Edison Image Quotes

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. — Thomas A. Edison

There is no substitute for hard work. — Thomas A. Edison

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison

What you are will show in what you do. — Thomas A. Edison

The value of an idea lies in the using of it. — Thomas A. Edison

A genius is just a talented person who does his homework. — Thomas A. Edison

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration! — Thomas A. Edison

You cannot realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with. — Thomas A. Edison

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. — Thomas A. Edison

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward — Thomas A. Edison

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. — Thomas A. Edison

I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps. — Thomas A. Edison

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Short Quotes

• Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination
• Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
• What you are will show in what you do.
• The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
• A genius is just a talented person who does his homework.
• You cannot realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.
• To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
• When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.
• I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
• The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Success

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration! — Thomas A. Edison

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

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward — Thomas A. Edison

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. — Thomas A. Edison

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. — Thomas A. Edison

The secret of success is focus of purpose. — Thomas A. Edison

Success is the result of hard work. — Thomas A. Edison

Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation. — Thomas A. Edison

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary. — Thomas A. Edison

Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Innovation

The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child. — Thomas A. Edison

Focus on how the end-user customers perceive the impact of your innovation - rather than on how you, the innovators, perceive it. — Thomas A. Edison

Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition. — Thomas A. Edison

I failed my way to success. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Electricity

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles. — Thomas A. Edison

I never once made a discovery ... I speak without exaggeration that I have constructed three thousand different theories in connection with the electric light ... Yet in only two cases did my experiments prove the truth of my theory. — Thomas A. Edison

I have always consistently opposed high-tension and alternating systems of electric lighting...not only on account of danger, but because of their general unreliability and unsuitability for any general system of distribution. — Thomas A. Edison

We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord only knows. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Technology

I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others... I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. — Thomas A. Edison

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. — Thomas A. Edison

The dove is my emblem. — Thomas A. Edison

I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator. — Thomas A. Edison

In creating technology for ourselves we created it for the world. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Opportunity

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning. — Thomas A. Edison

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

There is far more opportunity than there is ability. — Thomas A. Edison

We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work — Thomas A. Edison

There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it. — Thomas A. Edison

Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities. — Thomas A. Edison

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Mistakes

I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them. — Thomas A. Edison

I've never made a mistake. I've only learned from experience. — Thomas A. Edison

There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Giving Up

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. — Thomas A. Edison

The 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. ~ — Thomas A. Edison

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise — Thomas A. Edison

The entity that gives life and motion to the human body is finer still and lies infinitely beyond the reach of our finest scientific instruments. When this entity deserts the body, the body is like a ship without a rudder - deserted, motionless, dead. — Thomas A. Edison

Oh these mathematicians make me tired! When you ask them to work out a sum they take a piece of paper, cover it with rows of A's, B's, and X's and Y's ... scatter a mess of flyspecks over them, and then give you an answer that's all wrong! — Thomas A. Edison

The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success. — Thomas A. Edison

My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Work

There is no substitute for hard work. — Thomas A. Edison

Being 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. — Thomas A. Edison

Remember, life is all what you focus on. Learn lessons and keep moving forward towards your goals and dreams... "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." — Thomas A. Edison

Work while others are wishing. — Thomas A. Edison

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. — Thomas A. Edison

Being busy does not always mean real work. — Thomas A. Edison

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. — Thomas A. Edison

Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work. — Thomas A. Edison

Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.". — Thomas A. Edison

People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from the United States than will the People who supply all the material and do all the work. This is the terrible thing about interest. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Failure

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. — Thomas A. Edison

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. — Thomas A. Edison

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. — Thomas A. Edison

Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure! — Thomas A. Edison

Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy. — Thomas A. Edison

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 A. Edison

Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option. — Thomas A. Edison

Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes. — Thomas A. Edison

Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward. — Thomas A. Edison

Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About People

The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start. — Thomas A. Edison

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

Incurably religious, that is the best way to describe the mental condition of so many people. — Thomas A. Edison

The inventor can't do it all, you've got to change people. We have an enormous capacity to invent super-machinery. But our desire to install the device is weak. Human inertia is the problem, not invention. Something in man makes him resist change. — Thomas A. Edison

I try not to invent things that people don't need. — Thomas A. Edison

The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it. — Thomas A. Edison

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. — Thomas A. Edison

Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up. — Thomas A. Edison

People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward — Thomas A. Edison

Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Quotes About World

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. — Thomas A. Edison

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it — Thomas A. Edison

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists -- proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision. — Thomas A. Edison

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. — Thomas A. Edison

I think that Ingersoll had all the attributes of a perfect man, and, in my opinion, no finer personality ever existed. Judging from the past, I cannot help thinking that the intention of the Supreme Intelligence that rules the world is to ultimately make such a type of man universal. — Thomas A. Edison

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. — Thomas A. Edison

I know this world is ruled by Infinite Intelligence. It required Infinite Intelligence to create it and it requires Infinite Intelligence to keep it on its course ... It is mathematical in its precision. — Thomas A. Edison

The United States, and other advanced nations, will someday be able to produce instruments of death so terrible the world will be in abject terror of itself and its ability to end civilization.... Such war-making weapons should be developed - but only for purposes of discovery and experimentation — Thomas A. Edison

The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world. — Thomas A. Edison

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. — Thomas A. Edison

Thomas A. Edison Famous Quotes And Sayings

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. — Thomas A. Edison

There is no substitute for hard work. — Thomas A. Edison

What you are will show in what you do. — Thomas A. Edison

A teacher sent the following note home with a six-year-old boy 'He is too stupid to learn.' That boy was Thomas A. Edison. — Thomas A. Edison

The value of an idea lies in the using of it. — Thomas A. Edison

A genius is just a talented person who does his homework. — Thomas A. Edison

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration! — Thomas A. Edison

I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain. — Thomas A. Edison

You cannot realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with. — Thomas A. Edison

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. — Thomas A. Edison

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward — Thomas A. Edison

I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. — Thomas A. Edison

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. — Thomas A. Edison

I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps. — Thomas A. Edison

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. — Thomas A. Edison

We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy - sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. — Thomas A. Edison

Vision without execution is delusion. — Thomas A. Edison

I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious ideas of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God. — Thomas A. Edison

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil. — Thomas A. Edison

A man’s best friend is a good wife. — Thomas A. Edison

Discontent is the first necessity of progress. — Thomas A. Edison

A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result. — Thomas A. Edison

Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose. — Thomas A. Edison

To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction. — Thomas A. Edison

Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward. — Thomas A. Edison

To have a great idea, have a lot of them. — Thomas A. Edison

We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present. — Thomas A. Edison

There's a way to do better... find it. — Thomas A. Edison

The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me. — Thomas A. Edison

So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk. — Thomas A. Edison

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever. — Thomas A. Edison

There is always a better way. — Thomas A. Edison

Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something. — Thomas A. Edison

Until man duplicates a blade of grass, nature can laugh at his so called scientific knowledge. — Thomas A. Edison

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

I never once failed at making a light bulb. I just found out 99 ways not to make one. — Thomas A. Edison

As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. — Thomas A. Edison

I start where the last man left off. — Thomas A. Edison

I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class. — Thomas A. Edison

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another. — Thomas A. Edison

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. — Thomas A. Edison

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 A. Edison

Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals. — Thomas A. Edison

My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for - someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me. — Thomas A. Edison

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

Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait. — Thomas A. Edison

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

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. — Thomas A. Edison

It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere. — Thomas A. Edison

Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward. — Thomas A. Edison

Great ideas originate in the muscles. — Thomas A. Edison

To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction -- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. — Thomas A. Edison

The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life. — Thomas A. Edison

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves. — Thomas A. Edison

Genius defined: of inspiration 1% percent, of perspiration, 99%. — Thomas A. Edison

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

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. — Thomas A. Edison

The greatest discoveries will be along spiritual lines. This is the field where miracles are going to happen. Spiritual power is the greatest underdeveloped power and has the greatest future. — Thomas A. Edison

Life Lessons by Thomas A. Edison

1. Thomas A. Edison taught us the importance of hard work and perseverance, as he famously said, "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
2. He also showed us that failure is a part of the process of success and should not be feared, as he famously said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
3. Finally, Edison showed us that success is not just about the end result, but also about the journey, as he said, "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."