湯瑪斯·阿爾瓦·愛迪生（Thomas Alva Edison），出生於美國俄亥俄州米蘭鎮，逝世於美國新澤西州西奧蘭治。發明家、企業家。

愛迪生是人類歷史上第一個利用大量生產原則和電氣工程研究的實驗室來進行從事發明專利而對世界產生深遠影響的人。他發明的留聲機、電影攝影機、電燈對世界有極大影響。他一生的發明共有兩千多項，擁有專利一千多項。 愛迪生被美國的權威期刊《大西洋月刊》評為影響美國的100位人物第9名。

1、If you don’t learn to think when you are young, you will never learn.
如果你年輕時不學會思考，那就永遠不會。

2、The so-called genius, that is a lie, it is hard work.
所謂天才，那就是假話，勤奮的工作才是實在的。

3、Reading for wisdom is like gymnastics to the body.
讀書對於智慧，就像體操對於身體一樣。

4、The cultivation of personality is the main purpose of education, although it is not the only purpose.
性格的培育是教育的主要目的，雖然它不能算是唯一的目的。

5、There is no real value in the world, and it can be obtained through hard work and hard work.
世間沒有一種具有真正價值的東西，可以不經過艱苦辛勤的勞動而能夠得到的。

6、Surprise is the seed of science.
驚奇就是科學的種子。

7、When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember: there may still be.
當你已窮盡所有可能性時，要記住：還是有可能。

8、Friendship can increase happiness, relieve the pain; because it can multiply our joy, sharing our worries.
友誼能增進快樂，減輕痛苦；因為它能倍增我們的喜悅，分擔我們的煩憂。

9、The whole process of the development of the whole process of the church we believe. We just need to follow it. This is a guide for everyone, as long as you listen carefully, you will be able to realize the meaning of accurate.
事實的發展全過程教會我們信念。我們只需要遵循它即可。這是對每個人的指引，只要悉心聆聽，就能悟出準確的含義。

10、I have never made an accidental invention in my life, all of my inventions are the result of careful and rigorous testing.
我平生從來沒有做出過一次偶然的發明，我的一切發明，都是經過深思熟慮嚴格試驗的結果。

11、Failure is what I need, and it’s just as valuable to me as success.
失敗也是我需要的，它和成功對我一樣有價值。

12、If you wish to succeed, you should use persistence as your good friend, experience as chief of staff, with confidence for glory and hope as your sentry.
若希望成功，當以恒心為良友，以經驗為參謀，以信心為光榮，以希望為哨兵。

13、The most obvious sign of the great man is his strong will.
偉大人物最明顯的標誌，就是他堅強的意志。

14、I’m not interested in God. The Bible is artificial.
我對上帝不感興趣，聖經是人造的。

15、There’s always a better way.
總會有更好的辦法。

16、Personality is the difference, the difference is to create.
個性就是差別，差別就是創造。

17、There are many failures, people do not know when they give up, how close to success.
有許多失敗的人，並不知道他們放棄的時候，距離成功有多近 。

18、Those who wish to honor and comfort him in his late years must think of the day when he was young, and, in his youth, he would remember that there was a time when he was young.
凡是希望榮譽而舒適地度過晚年的人，他必須在年輕時想到有一天會衰老；這樣，在年老時，他也會記得曾有過年輕。

19、Restless and discontent is the first necessity of progress.
好動與不滿足是進步的第一必需品。

20、Life in the world is short, to this short life, our best reward is work.
人生在世界是短暫的，對這短暫的人生，我們最好的報答就是工作。

21、Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most effective method for the pursuit of success, is to always try again.
我們最大的弱點就是輕言放棄，追求成功最有效的方法，就是永遠再多試一下。

22、A good character is more expensive than gold; the former is a natural gift, the latter is a gift of fate.
良好的性格貴于黃金；前者是自然的天賦，後者是命運的賜予。

23、Achievement is the only real pleasure in life.
有所成就是人生唯一的真正的樂趣。

24、If you can name a person who is completely satisfied, I can tell you that he is a failure.
若你能舉出一個徹底滿足的人，我可以告訴你他就是個失敗的人。

25、Nonviolence leads us to the highest moral code, which is the goal of all evolution. Unless we stop hurting all our lives, we’re still just some barbarians.
非暴力引領我們達至最高的道德規範，這是所有進化的目標。除非我們停止傷害其他一切生命，我們仍然只是些野蠻人。

26、No a matter of expediency can make people to escape the real labor — thinking.
沒有任何權宜之計可以讓人逃避真正的勞動——思考。

27、I am willing to absorb ideas from all sources, usually from the place where the last person to give up.
我樂於從所有來源吸收構想，通常是從上一個人放棄的地方開始。

28、Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body, exercise makes you healthy, reading makes people wise.
讀書之於思想猶如運動之於身體，運動使人健壯，讀書使人賢達。

29、No matter when, anyway, I won’t allow myself a little get disheartened.
無論何時，不管怎樣，我也絕不允許自己有一點灰心喪氣。

30、My philosophy of life is work, I want to reveal the secrets of nature, and serve as a human. In our lifetime, I don’t know what else is better than that.
我的人生哲學是工作，我要揭示大自然的奧秘，並以此為人類服務。我們在世的短暫的一生中，我不知道還有什麼比這種服務更好的了。

31、I want to reveal the secrets of nature, to the benefit of mankind. I think that in our short life, this is the best contribution.
我想揭示大自然的秘密，用來造福人類。我認為，在我們的短暫一生中，最好的貢獻莫過於此了。

32、Who would think too high self-esteem, cannot achieve success, and success must cultivate calm attitude, attention to everything, this is a key to success.
登高必自卑，自視太高不能達到成功，因而成功者必須培養泰然心態，凡事專注，這才是成功的要點。

33、If I deny the existence of God, I would just profane my knowledge, I believe that there is a universal existence full, omniscient and omnipotent, sovereign god.
假如我否認神的存在，我就等於褻瀆我的知識，我深信有一位全智全能，充滿萬有，至高至尊的神存在。

34、There is no failure, only a little bit closer to success.
沒有失敗，只有離成功更近一點兒。

35、Hypocrisy and fraud are the mother of all evils.
虛偽及欺詐是一切罪惡之母。

36、What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.
教育之于心靈，猶如雕刻之於大理石。

37、The most direct move to the heart or the United states. Beauty, immediately in the imagination, permeated with a kind of inner joy and satisfaction.
最能直接打動心靈的還是美。美立刻在想像裡滲透一種內在的欣喜和滿足。

38、Most people don’t always find opportunities, because opportunities always wear thick coats and look like hard work.
大多數人總是無法發現機遇，因為機遇總是穿著厚厚的外套，看上去像是辛苦工作。

39、Music is the only can indulge without damaging the moral and religious concepts enjoy.
音樂是唯一可以縱情而不會損害道德和宗教觀念的享受。

40、If people are in sympathy with charity, humanitarian acts to remove the curse, it can eliminate half-life disaster.
如果人們都能以同情慈善，以人道的行徑來剔除禍根，則人生的災患便可消滅過半。

41、Life is too short, the way it is, cannot posthaste?
人生太短暫了，事情是這樣的，能不兼程而進嗎？

42、Sense of honor is a kind of excellent quality, so only those noble temperament and positive or well-educated people have.
榮譽感是一種優良的品質，因而只有那些稟性高尚積極向上或受過良好教育的人才具備。

43、I am always reluctant to abandon my struggle for life, I strive to experience extreme attention, especially by overcoming the difficulties after happy, a person must go through difficulties, then stepped into prosperity, just feel good and comfortable.
我始終不願拋棄我的奮鬥生活，我極端重視奮鬥得來的經驗，尤其是戰勝困難後所得到的愉快，一個人要先經過困難，然後踏進順境，才覺得受用舒適。

44、Vision without execution is just an illusion.
沒有執行的願景只是幻覺。

45、Modesty is not only an ornament, but a guard of virtue.
謙遜不僅是一種裝飾品，也是美德的護衛。

46、Where I failed thousands of times, I just found out thousands of ways that can’t be successful in love!
我哪裡是失敗了幾千次，我只是找出了幾千種不能成功地獲得愛情的方法罷了！

47、If I have more or less incentive to some people, to our work, have more or less or less expanded the scope of human understanding, and added a joy to the world, then I will feel satisfied.
如果我曾經或多或少地激勵了一些人的,努力,我們的工作,曾經或多或少或少地擴展了人類的理解範圍,因而給這個世界增添了一分歡樂,那我也就感到滿足了。

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