Thomas A. Edison Quotes About Opportunity

Quotes about: Opportunity

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

  Thomas A. Edison

  Funny, Life, Motivational

  "An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

• There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Courage, Opportunity, Ability

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

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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

  Thomas A. Edison

  Success, Hard Work, Opportunity

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

  Thomas A. Edison

  Mistake, Failure, Opportunity

• Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

• Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Positive, Mean Girls, Funny Inspirational

  "Artifacts : An Archaeologist's Year in Silicon Valley". Book by Christine Finn, 2001.

• Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Opportunity, Optimism, Luck

• There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Opportunity, People

• Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Sleep, Opportunity, Drug

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