American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.
Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.