Thomas Edison Character Quotes

What you are will show in what you do

- Thomas Edison

I failed my way to success.

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

- Thomas Edison

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.

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

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

- Thomas Edison

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.

- Martha Washington

If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed.

- Marcus Aurelius

Character is higher than intellect… A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't become the most successful person that nobody likes.

- Mel Robbins

When someone betrays you, it is a reflection of their character, not yours.

- Anonymous

What you are will show in what you do

- Thomas Edison

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

- George Bernard Shaw

The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.

- Charles Darwin

Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.

- Benjamin Franklin