Work while others are wishing.

It has been just so in all my inventions. The first step is an intuition-and comes with a burst, then difficulties arise. This thing that gives out and then that-"Bugs"as such little faults and difficulties are called show themselves and months of anxious watching, study and labor are requisite before commercial success-or failure-is certainly reached.

As a cure for worrying, work is far better than whiskey. I always found that, if I began to worry, the best thing I could do was focus upon doing something useful and then work very hard at it. Soon, I would forget what was troubling me.

To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction -- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

Being busy does not always mean real work.

Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.

Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.

There is far more danger in public than in private monopoly, for when Government goes into business it can always shift its losses to the taxpayers. Government never makes ends meetand that is the first requisite of business.

Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.

No, I haven't failed thousands of times. On the contrary, I have successfully eliminated thousands of ideas that do not work!

When we learn how to store electricity, we will cease being apes ourselves; until then we are tailless orangutans. You see, we should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy. Do we use them? Oh, no! We burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel. We live like squatters, not as if we owned the property.

Education isn't play--and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work.

What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.

Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.

Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Vision without execution is delusion.

Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.