Thomas Edison on afford
“Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose.”
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Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I think work is the world’s greatest fun.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison There’s a way to do it better – find it.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Having a vision for what you want is not enough. Vision without execution is hallucination.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison A failure teaches you that something can’t be done-that way.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison 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 EdisonThomas Edison Never Say I Failed 99 Times, Say I Discovered 99 Ways Which Causes Failure!
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Vision without execution is delusion.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.
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We cannot afford four more years of a president who rejects science.
Bernie SandersBernie Sanders You could afford your house without the government if it weren’t for the government.
Rush LimbaughRush Limbaugh Republican leadership has endless amounts of money for bloated military budgets and tax breaks for billionaires. But when working families need help, oh my God, we can’t afford it!
Bernie SandersBernie Sanders If you really want something , you can have it if you’re willing to pay the price. And the price means you have to work better and harder than the next guy.
Vince LombardiVince Lombardi So long as freedom from hunger is only half achieved, so long as two thirds of the nations have food deficits, no citizen, no nation can afford to be satisfied.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson If you act like an adult when you’re a kid you can afford to act like a kid the rest of your life.
Walt DisneyWalt Disney This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.
John F. KennedyJohn F. Kennedy
