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Thomas A. Edison

1847 - 1931

Thomas A. Edison was an American inventor and businessman who is best known for his development of many devices that greatly influenced modern life, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. With over 1,000 patents to his name, Edison is one of the most prolific inventors in history and is often credited with laying the foundation for the modern industrialized world.

  1. Work while others are wishing.

    Thomas A. Edison
    #work#ambition#determination

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

    Thomas A. Edison
    #capability#potential#inspiration

  3. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

    Thomas A. Edison
    #satisfaction#failure#success

  4. Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

    Thomas A. Edison
    #progress#discontent#satisfaction

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

    Thomas A. Edison
    #failure#perseverance#discovery

  6. To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A.

    Thomas A. Edison
    #imagination#invention#creativity

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

    Thomas A. Edison
    #friendship#loyalty#value

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

    Thomas A. Edison
    #weakness#perseverance#success

  9. I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

    Thomas A. EdisonHis Life and Inventions, 1910
    #failure#learning#perseverance

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

    Thomas A. Edison
    #failure#perseverance#success

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

    Thomas A. EdisonAs quoted in Thomas Alva Edison: Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life, 1908 by Francis Arthur Jones, p. 14
    #hustle#patience#opportunity