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Thomas A. Edison quotes: The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity. The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions ... My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions ...
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Do the thing and the power will come. Do the thing and the power will come.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: What a man's mind can create, man's character can control. What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work. Nothing that's good works by itself, you've got to make the damn thing work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes. When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Ideas without execution are hallucinations. Ideas without execution are hallucinations.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: In creating technology for ourselves we created it for the world. In creating technology for ourselves we created it for the world.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them. I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us. I have been at work for some time building an apparatus to see if it is possible for personalities which have left this earth to communicate with us.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it. Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work. I know of over 3,000 ways [that] a light bulb does not work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought. It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present. We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The value of a good idea is in using it. The value of a good idea is in using it.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine. His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it! It is the best book ever written on the subject. There is nothing like it!
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Vision without execution is delusion. Vision without execution is delusion.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I have never failed, I've only shown the way I did it before doesn't work. I have never failed, I've only shown the way I did it before doesn't work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants. The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work. I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: To have a great idea, have a lot of them. To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There's a way to do it better - find it. There's a way to do it better - find it.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred. I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train the mind to think. The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles
can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train
the mind to think.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul. Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I'll try anything ... I'll even try Limburger cheese! I'll try anything ... I'll even try Limburger cheese!
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb. I did not fail two thousand times. I merely found two thousand ways not to make a lightbulb.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right. When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I try not to invent things that people don't need. I try not to invent things that people don't need.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning. What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Education isn't playand it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work. Education isn't play
and it can't be made to look like play. It is hard, hard work. But it can be made interesting work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I think work is the world's greatest fun. I think work is the world's greatest fun.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it. There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead. First be sure a thing is wanted or needed, then go ahead.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Nature made us ... nature did it all ... not the gods of the religions. Nature made us ... nature did it all ... not the gods of the religions.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Discontent is the first necessity of progress. Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There are no rules here we're trying to accomplish something. There are no rules here
we're trying to accomplish something.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool. Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There is always a better way. There is always a better way.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Friendship is the heaven of life. Friendship is the heaven of life.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think. Five percent of the people think;
ten percent of the people think they think;
and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization. The inventor tries to meet the demand of a crazy civilization.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy. Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes. Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There is far more opportunity than there is ability. There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I was at the foot of my class. I was at the foot of my class.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it. My mind is incapable of conceiving such a thing as a soul. I may be in error, and man may have a soul; but I simply do not believe it.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles. We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work. I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps. I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent. I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk. So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There is a better way for everything. Find it. There is a better way for everything. Find it.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense. The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others. I am so deaf I am debarred from hearing all the time articulation and have to depend on the judgment of others.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous. I love great music and art, but I think 'cubist' songs and paintings are hideous.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Sticking to it is the genius. Sticking to it is the genius.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain. I am a vegetarian as well as a passionate anti-alcoholic, because I can thus make better use of my brain.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way. A failure teaches you that something can't be done-that way.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration. Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I didn't fail ten thousand times. I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times, materials and combinations which wouldn't work. I didn't fail ten thousand times.
I successfully eliminated, ten thousand times,
materials and combinations which wouldn't work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There is no subsitute for hard work. There is no subsitute for hard work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Incurably religious, that is the best way to describe the mental condition of so many people. Incurably religious, that is the best way to describe the mental condition of so many people.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work. Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine. I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character. Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man's character.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music. Life's most soothing things are a child's goodnight and sweet music.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work. Two per cent. is genius, and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I get my ideas from listening from within. I get my ideas from listening from within.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs. There cannot be overproduction of anything which men and women want. And their wants are unlimited, except by the size of their stomachs.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure
Thomas A. Edison quotes: For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Religion is all bunk. Religion is all bunk.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: There is a better way to do it - Find it! There is a better way to do it - Find it!
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application, Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application,
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ... study and read everything you can on the subject. First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ... study and read everything you can on the subject.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then! I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration! Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success. The biggest failure of man is that he gives up before he realizes how close he was to success.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The man who doesn't make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life. The man who doesn't make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world. I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration. Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world. The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them. Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do. The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Books will soon be obsolete in the schools ... Our school system will be completely changed in the next ten years. Books will soon be obsolete in the schools ... Our school system will be completely changed in the next ten years.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: I start where the last man left off. I start where the last man left off.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don't Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can't Decide My Future Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don't Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can't Decide My Future
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt. Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in. The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.
Thomas A. Edison quotes: The secret of success is focus of purpose. The secret of success is focus of purpose.

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