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

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

There's a way to do it better - find it.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of...

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of...

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production...

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production...

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the...

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the...

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor...

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor...

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

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

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility,...

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility,...

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim...

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim...

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put...

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put...

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things...

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things...

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one...

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one...