Thomas Alva Edison

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.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

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 have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas Alva Edison.

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that read more

I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.