"I find my greatest pleasure, and so..." - Quote by Thomas Edison
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
More by Thomas Edison
“Direct thought is not an attribute of feminity. In this, women are now centuries behind man.”
“It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the [flying machine] problem, have been exhausted, and that we must turn elsewhere.”
“We haven't failed. We now know a thousand things that won't work, so we are much closer to finding what will.”
More on Work
“Unless your work gives you trouble, it is no good.”
“If an American is to amount to anything he must rely upon himself, and not upon the State; he must take pride in his own work, instead of sitting idle to envy the luck of others. He must face life with resolute courage, win victory if he can, and accept defeat if he must, without seeking to place on his fellow man a responsibility which is not theirs.”
“The thing to do with money is to put it back into yourself, into your work, into the thing that is important, into whatever you are so much interested in that it is more important than money.”