Thomas Edison on business
“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
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I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Do the thing and the power will come.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison A good intention, with a bad approach, often leads to a poor result.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison The secret of success is focus of purpose.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I didn’t fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Never go to sleep without a request to your subconscious.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison Success is the result of hard work.
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