Famous Thomas Alva Edison Quotes

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who has invented the electric light. Without him, the world might still be a dark place. Thomas edition was born in Milan, on February 11, 1847. He also invented the phonograph, the motion picture, the camera, and over 1200 other things. About every two weeks, Edition invented something new. He attended school for only two months. When he was 12 years old, he got his first job.

Top Most Thomas Alva Edison Quotes on success. Also Below some quotes about the exam and electricity. This will motivate you to be strong. 

"The dove is my emblem. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill." -Thomas Edison

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

"The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work, and stick to it next." -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

"Pretty much everything will come to him who hustles while he waits. I believe that restlessness is discontent, and is merely the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure." -Thomas Edison

"Sometimes, all you need to invent something is a good imagination and a pile of junk." -Thomas Edison

"Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability. We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation. " -Thomas Edison

"The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast." -Thomas Edison

"Great ideas originate in the muscles." -Thomas Edison

"Hard work, nothing to divert my thought, clear air and simple food made my life very pleasant." -Thomas Edison

"Hell, there are no rules here - we are trying to accomplish something." -Thomas Edison

"His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; of inspiration one percent, of ninety-nine." -Thomas Edison

"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward." -Thomas Edison

"I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps." -Thomas Edison

"I do not believe in the god of the theologians; but that there is a supreme intelligence I do not doubt." -Thomas Edison

"I don't live with the past; I am living for to-day and to-morrow." -Thomas Edison

"I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing." -Thomas Edison

"I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work." -Thomas Edison

"I readily absorb ideas from every source, frequently starting where the last person left off." -Thomas Edison

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

"I never did anything worth doing by accident." -Thomas Edison

"I have never made mistakes. I have only learned from experience." -Thomas Edison

"If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value." -Thomas Edison

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

"Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth." -Thomas Edison

"Not everything of value in life comes from books - experience the world." -Thomas Edison

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

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

"Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release of atomic power." -Thomas Edison

"Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we are just trying to accomplish something." -Thomas Edison

"The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil." -Thomas Edison

"Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose." -Thomas Edison

"Tomorrow is my exam but I don't care because a single sheet of paper can't decide my future." -Thomas Edison

"We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present." -Thomas Edison