Thomas Alva Edison

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

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

I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.

I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.

Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work.

Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work.

I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make read more

I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money so that I can afford to go on creating more inventions.

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.

There is no expedient to which a man will go to avoid the real labor of
thinking.