“Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.”

The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.

There is no substitute for hard work.

The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

Nearly every person who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

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

Do the thing and the power will come.

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.

I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.

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

A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.

The secret of success is focus of purpose.

The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.

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

We don’t wish for the easy stuff. We wish for big things. Things that are ambitious, out of reach.

I’ve never been particularly ambitious. I’m driven by the moment.

My ambition is always to get better and better.

Me only have one ambition, y’know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together – black, white, Chinese, everyone – that’s all.

I am always motivated. I am ambitious and I want to always improve.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.

Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.