Thomas A. Edison Way Quotations

Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition.

There is a better way to do it - Find it!

I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.

Incurably religious, that is the best way to describe the mental condition of so many people.

I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure

They were not failures, they were new found ways of what does not work "I can accept failure,everyonefails at something. But I can't accept not trying

I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.

Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success.

When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.

A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.

I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.

I failed my way to success.

There is always a better way.

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 often a step forward....

There is a better way for everything. Find it.

Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure!

Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! ... I've failed my way to success.

After we had conducted thousands of experiments on a certain project without solving the problem, one of my associates, after we had conducted the crowning experiment and it had proved a failure, expressed discouragement and disgust over our having failed to find out anything. I cheerily assured him that we had learned something. For we had learned for a certainty that the thing couldnt be done that way, and that we would have to try some other way.

I never once failed at making a light bulb. I just found out 99 ways not to make one.