There is no substitute for hard work.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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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...

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident;...

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident;...

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

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...

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders...

They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders...

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of...

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of...

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

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

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so...

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so...

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what...

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what...

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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,...

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

I start where the last man left off.

I start where the last man left off.

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...

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

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

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

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

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

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

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