Thomas Alva Edison

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it
looks impossible, and then gets read more

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it
looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to
become discouraged.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident and none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They read more

I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident and none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They came about by hard work.

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.