
“Being busy does not always mean real work. That’s not the place to become discouraged.” ― Thomas Edison “Nearly every person who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. “The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.” ― Thomas A. “I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.” ― Thomas Edison “I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident they came by work.” ― Thomas A. Then I go ahead and try to invent it” ― Thomas A. “Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.” ― Thomas Edison We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.” ― Thomas A. “Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability…. “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. “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” ― Thomas A.
“There are no rules here - we’re trying to accomplish something.” ― Thomas A. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.” ― Thomas A. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. “To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” ― Thomas A. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” ― Thomas Edison “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.” ― Thomas Edison “If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” ― Thomas A. “To have a great idea, have a lot of them.” ― Thomas A. “The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work second, stick-to-itiveness third, common sense.” ― Thomas A. Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Harvey Firestone in 1929 “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” ― Thomas A. “We often miss opportunity because it’s dressed in overalls and looks like work” ― Thomas A. “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. “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ― Thomas A. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ― Thomas A.

Thomas Edison designed a battery for the self-starter for the Model T developed by Henry Ford. Thomas Edison didn’t just hold 1093 US patents in his name, but many more in other countries, including France, Germany, and the U.K.Įdison, about his hearing loss in 1885, wrote, “I haven’t heard a bird sing since I was twelve years old.” He did so on April 23, 1896.Įdison nicknamed two of his children he had with his first wife “Dot” and “Dash ” to remember his early telegraph days.

Thomas Edison was the first person in the world to project successfully a motion picture. Those failed experiments cost him millions of dollars. The biggest failure of Edison’s life was trying to invent a method for separating ore from rock. Thomas Edison even made a device to kill cockroaches with electricity. Therefore, Edison had very little formal education as a child, but the removal from school proved very beneficial for his career, because he developed self-learning skills with his growing interest for knowledge. His mother then removed Thomas from school and tutored him at home until the age of 11. Photograph of Edison with his phonograph (2nd model),Īt the age of seven, Edison attended school for only a short period of 12 weeks. Being a hyperactive child and prone to distraction, Edison’s teachers were not able to handle him.
