461 Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.

I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul. No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of our tenacity of life – our desire to go on living – our dread of coming to an end.

Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

To me, the idea and expectation that the day is slowly and surely coming when we will be able to honestly say we are our brother’s keeper and not his oppressor is very beautiful .

A failure teaches you that something can’t be done-that way.

I think work is the world’s greatest fun.

Youth doesn’t take advice.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don’t align with my organization’s.