When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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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.

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...

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

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...

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...

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.

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...

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.

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.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

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

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

Religion is all bunk.

Religion is all bunk.