“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists – proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!”
Thomas A. Edison
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“Hell, there are no rules here – we’re trying to accomplish something.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“What man’s mind can create, man’s character can control.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“There is no substitute for hard work.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“There ain’t no rules around here, we’re trying to accomplish something.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.”
Thomas A. Edison
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Thinking
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“The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“What you are will show in what you do.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“The best thinking has been done in solitude.”
Thomas A. Edison
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“To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.”
Thomas A. Edison
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General