Inspirational Quotations by Thomas Alva Edison

  • Many of life's failures are people who did not realize
    how close they were to success when they gave up.
    From Issue 62
  • Opportunity is missed by most people because
    it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
    Topic: Opportunity
    From Issue 126
  • Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration.
    From Issue 161
  • If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
    From Issue 259
  • I have not failed.
    I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
    From Issue 292
  • There ain't no rules around here.
    We're trying to accomplish something.
    There's a way to do it better – find it.
    From Issue 298
  • Time is really the only capital that any human being has,
    and the only thing he can't afford to lose.
    From Issue 305

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