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