Thomas Edison on business
“Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.”
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So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake. Religion is all bunk.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Success depends on how many experiments you can fit into 24 hours.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Friendship is the heaven of life.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison This problem, once solved, will be simple.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison All bibles are man-made.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I never quit until I get what I want.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison 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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