Thomas A. Edison quotes.

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”

“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”

“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

“Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”

“It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.”

“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”

“There is no substitute for hard work.”

“Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent without effort is like an unpolished gem. Its possibilities are within it, but necessity has not yet activated all its parts. That gem becomes polished only by the intense heat applied from within.”