American
Inventor and
Businessman
(February 11,
1847 -
October 18,
1931)
"The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil."
"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."
"The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary."
"Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration."
"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."
"I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
"If there is a way to do it better ... find it."
"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."
"Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on."
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time."
"Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress."
"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."
"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure."
"There is far more opportunity than there is ability."
"There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking."
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
"We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything."
