Thomas Edison

I didn’t fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldn’t work.

Thomas Edison

I failed my way to success.

Thomas Edison

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

Thomas Edison

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

Thomas Edison

I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

Thomas Edison

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

Thomas Edison

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

Thomas Edison

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

Thomas Edison

Large portions of life’s disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.

Thomas Edison

Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas Edison