Thomas Edison

The first thing is to find out what the world needs, then to go ahead and try to invent it.

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

I have more respect for the man who is trying to get somewhere than for the man who has arrived.

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.

The world is full of people who are always waiting for someone else to do something for them.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts, and that is the job of the press.

I have always been interested in the practical application of things.

I have a great respect for the past, but I am always looking to the future.

I am not a man of words, but a man of deeds.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

I have always found that the best way to get a job done is to do it yourself.

I am not afraid of death. I am afraid of not living.

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

I have never been a man who was afraid to try new things.

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

I have always been a man who was interested in making things better.

I am not a man who is easily discouraged.

I have always been a man who was willing to take risks.

I am a great believer in the power of education.

I have always been a man who was interested in learning new things.