461 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours – and thrived on it.

When you become quiet, it just dawns on you.

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

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.

I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure.

What a man’s mind can create, man’s character can control.

No Such Thing as Bad Results.

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.

Because I readily absorb ideas from every source – frequently starting where the last person left off – I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.