Thomas Edison

"Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction--faith in fiction is a damnable false hope."

"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."

"Hell, there are no rules here-- we're trying to accomplish something."

"There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking."

"As a cure for worrying, work is better than whisky."

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

"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

"We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything."

"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

"I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident"

"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."

"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."

"Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."

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

"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

"I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world."

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

"The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary."

"Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."