I never did anything worth doing by accident; nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work |
I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process. |
I shall make electricity so cheap that only the rich can afford to burn candles |
I'm proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill |
If there is a way to do it better...find it. |
If we all did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves |
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. |
Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration |
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. |
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless. |
Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on. |
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. |
Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth |
Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work. |
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. |