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Thomas Edison Quotes

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“Try everything. We've had a fine rest, now let's pitch into work again.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“There's value in disaster. All our mistakes burned up. Thank god we can start again.”
— Thomas Edison, Thomas Edison Quotes On Disaster
Tagged: Amor fati, disaster
“I have the right principle and am on the right track, but time, hard work, and some good luck are necessary too.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“I would construct a theory and work on its lines until I found it untenable, then it would be discarded and another theory evolved. This was the only possible way for me to work out the problem.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“I have never felt better in my life than during the 5 years I worked here. Hard work, nothing to divert my thoughts, clear air, simple food made life very pleasant.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“The trouble with telegraphic appliances is they can only be gotten out in the same way as the Irish pilot found the rocks in the harbor–with the bottom of his boat.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“Hell, there ain't no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.”
— Thomas Edison, ORISON SWETT MARDEN Premium Collection - Wisdom & Empowerment
Tagged: Persistance
“The trouble with other inventors is that they try a few things and quit. I never quit until I get what I want.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“Remember, nothing that's good works by itself just to please you. You've got to make the damn thing work.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“I'm 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start. I've been through a lot of things like this. It prevents a man from being inflicted with ennui.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“All you got to do is stick to it and work like hell.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“It takes a deaf man to hear.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
“The joy of a new battle to wrest from nature more of her secrets.”
— Thomas Edison, Tesla Vs Edison: The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World
Tagged: Obstacles
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