Thomas Edison on ability
“The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.”
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I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison What you are will show in what you do.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Nature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison 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 EdisonThomas Edison Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison A genius is a talented person who does his homework.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Consider data without prejudice.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison A man’s best friend is a good wife.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I failed my way to success.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
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Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
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One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good.
Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
Wernher von BraunWernher von Braun It contributes greatly towards a man’s moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate.
Nathaniel HawthorneNathaniel Hawthorne I guess to be an entrepreneur you have to have a large ego, enormous pride and an ability to inspire others to follow your lead.
Ray KrocRay Kroc If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn’t love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.
Emily BronteEmily Bronte I’ve only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can. It’s the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.
Colonel SandersColonel Sanders The ban directly hampers the partys ability to spread its message and hamstrings voters seeking to inform themselves about the candidates and issues.
Thurgood MarshallThurgood Marshall I know my body. I know my mind. I know what I can do.
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