A Great Man Once Said.

Now at the beginning of a new year it's natural for us to think about the year we just finished and what we could have done better and what we could have done worse. In the spirit of that self-contemplation mindset, I'd like to present a few quotes from a famous inventor from the past, Thomas Edison.

Thomas Edison is known for his dogged determination in inventing the incandescent light bulb. It took him thousands of tries, but he finally succeeded.

Here are some of Thomas Edison's famous quotes that we can all take to heart:

• "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.""
• "We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work."
• "I have not failed. I've just fount ten thousand ways that won't work."
• "Five percent of people think; ten percent of people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think."
• "Genius is on percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
• "Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
• "The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense."
• "If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves!"

So there you have it. Some inspirational quotes from one of the worlds great minds and one of it's greatest inventors. I hope you find a quote that you like and can use for your own motivation. I have.

Thanks for reading, and feel free to leave me a comment.

I'm Grant