461 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

The secret of success is focus of purpose.

Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work.

I have determined that there is no market for talking pictures

An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.

The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train the mind to think.

The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.

Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best

I am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others.

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus...