Being Human...

Quotes by Thomas Alva Edison

2009-06-16T23:55:00.000-07:00

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
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.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
There is no substitute for hard work.

2009-06-16T23:25:00.000-07:00

Hate the sin, love the sinner.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.
I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

2009-06-16T23:00:00.000-07:00

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Forgive me my nonsense, as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.
Freedom lies in being bold.
If one by one we counted people out For the least sin, it wouldn't take us long To get so we had no one left to live with. For to be social is to be forgiving.
It's a funny thing that when a man hasn't anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.
The worst disease which can afflict executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.
To be a poet is a condition, not a profession.
I am not a teacher, but an awakener.