"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits" What does this means?

Question

This quote is famous with Edison. But what does it mean?

Answer 1

The original version of this was simply 'everything comes to those who wait', but Edison is pointing out that if you actually do something to acheive your goals, rather than sit back and wait for your dreams to come to you - you are far more likely to get what you want.  'Hustle' means keeps busy/tries to achieve etc etc - so it's really a call to get off your backside and do something about your dreams...