I'm very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close...
Results! Why man I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand...
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their...
I never did anything by accident nor did any of my inventions come by...
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually...
I have not failed. I've just found 10 000 ways that won't work.
There is no substitute for hard work.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and...
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim...
I find my greatest pleasure and so my reward in the work that precedes what...
Anything that won't sell I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of...
Religion is all bunk.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is...
One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward...
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that...
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is...
To have a great idea have a lot of them.
Great ideas originate in the muscles.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work...
To invent you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of...
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress....
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so...
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has...
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's...
Hell there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in...
To my mind the old masters are not art their value is in their scarcity.
