If a man deliberately abstains from wine to such an extent that he does serious harm to his nature, he will not be free from blame

Trust not to your feelings for whatever they might be now, they will quickly be changed towards some other thing.

Wait for the Lord. Behave yourself manfully, and be of good courage. Do not be faithless, but stay in your place and do not turn back

Man proposes, but God disposes.

The real hope is not in something we think we can do, but in God, who is making something good out of it in some way we cannot see.

We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present

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

Not everything of value in life comes from books- experience the world.

I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun

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

Great ideas originate in the muscles

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won’t work

People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward

Someday, man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power

I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure

If parents pass enthusiasm along to their children, they will leave them an estate of incalculable value

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forwardsiscou

Hard work, nothing to divert my thought, clear air and simple food made my life very pleasant

valThe value of an idea lies in the using of it

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

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!

I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator

My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to killc

I have more respect for the fellow with a single idea who gets there than for the fellow with a thousand ideas who does nothing

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt

It is very beautiful over there

I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that. I wish I had more years left

Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration

What you are will show in what you do.

I’ve never made a mistake. I’ve only learned from experience

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it

You can’t realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with

Good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth

Time is really the only capital that any human being has and the thing that he can least afford to waste or lose

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists – proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless

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

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think

We don’t know a millionth of one percent about anything

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this, you haven’t

The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. They may even discover the germ of old age

Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes

A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have

The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the worldworl

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

There is no substitute for hard work

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time

Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% perspiration

There’s a way to do it better – find it

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

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work