"There is great value in disaster. All..." - Quote by Thomas Edison

“Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.”

“Sticking to it is the genius.”

“Surprises and reverses can serve as an incentive for great accomplishment. There are no rules here, we're just trying to accomplish something.”

“Out of the experience of extraordinary human disaster that lasted too long, must be born a society of which all humanity will be proud.”

“Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.”

“All is but illusion and disaster.”

“What's important for my daughter to know is that... if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.”

“Imagine if you had genuine, high-quality early-childhood education for every child, and suddenly every black child in America - but also every poor white child or Latino [child], but just stick with every black child in America - is getting a really good education. And they're graduating from high school at the same rates that whites are, and they are going to college at the same rates that whites are, and they are able to afford college at the same rates because the government has universal programs. So now they're all graduating.”

“Today is an opportunity to do something positive. Today is your chance to add new value to your life and to your world. Make the commitment to fill this day with meaningful richness and purposeful effort. This is your day to live, so do so with vigor and enthusiasm.”