Thomas Edison

I have always been a firm believer in the power of the individual.

The phonograph is a machine that can store and reproduce sound.

I am more of a sponge than a genius.

The future of the world depends on the education of its youth.

I have always been interested in things that are useful.

The greatest invention of all time is the human mind.

I never had a bad day in my life. Some days were better than others.

I don't care about the money. I just want to invent.

My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint.

I am a firm believer in the power of positive thinking.

Hell, there are no rules here—we're trying to accomplish something.

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.

The first requisite for success is to develop the capacity to focus.

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

The phonograph will undoubtedly be the greatest educator of the age.

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and invent it.