Any large extension of the Government into business affairs - no matter what the pretense and no matter how the the extension is labeled - will be bound to promote waste and put a curb on our prosperity and progress.

Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose.

A reporter called on Edison to interview him about a substitute for lead in the manufacture of storage batteries that the scientist was seeking. Edison informed the man that he had made 20,000 experiments but none had worked. "Aren't you discouraged by all this waste of effort?" the reporter asked. Edison: "Waste! There's nothing wasted. I have discovered 20,000 things that won't work."

Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

The secret of success is focus of purpose.