Thomas Alva Edison Quotes Collection | Quotsagram

It's obvious that we don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.

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

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.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose.

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

Vision without execution is hallucination.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this; you haven't.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

There is no substitute for hard work.

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

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

I have not failed. I've just found 10000 ways that won't work.

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

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.

What you are will show in what you do.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.