Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."

"It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work."

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

"The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work."

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

"There is no substitute for hard work."

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

"Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless."

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

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

"Religion is all bunk."

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

"One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."

"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."

"I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision."

"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."

"To have a great idea, have a lot of them."

"Great ideas originate in the muscles."

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

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."