46 Quotes By Thomas A. Edison


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

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.
Thomas A. Edison on work

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

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

Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun.
Thomas A. Edison on science

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Thomas A. Edison on work