Occupation: Inventor Birth: February 11, 1847 Death: October 18, 1931
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work..
The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world..
Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes..
Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think..
You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with..
Discontent is the first necessity of progress..
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense..
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work..
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything..
I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work..
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time..
Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool..
There is a better way for everything. Find it..
A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another..
I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom..
We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles..
Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option..
Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination.
A genius is a talented person who does his homework..
I never quit until I get what I want..
Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!.