Thomas Edison Quotes

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.
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Ethics Evolution Goals Harm Live Non Violence Savage
To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
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Business Come Greatness Ideas Invention One Liner
A genius is a talented person who does his homework.
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Genius Home Inspirational Person Talent Work
Consider data without prejudice.
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Consideration Data Prejudice
I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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Invention Kill Proud War Weapon
A man’s best friend is a good wife.
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Anniversary Friendship Marriage One Liner Wife
I failed my way to success.
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Business Failure Invention One Liner Path Success
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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Business Failure Give Up Inspirational Life People Realize Success
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
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Ability Energy Grow Mental Physical Problem Success
Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy.
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Business Failure Invention Learning Lesson Strategy
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
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Brain Effort Intelligence People System Work
Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.
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Business Finding Goodness Ideas Rejection
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
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Imagination Invention Junk Need Science
Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future.
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Attitude Care Decide Entrepreneur Exam Future Inspirational
Absorb ideas from every source.
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Absorb Business Ideas One Liner Source
I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
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Business Failure Finding Inspirational Work
We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.
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Condition Future Life Positive Present Satisfaction
The strength of the Constitution, lies in the will of the people to defend it.
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Constitution Defend People Strength Success Team Work
There is no substitute for hard work.
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Business Hard Work Hustle Inspirational One Liner Substitute
The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.
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Achievement Children Greatness Invention Mind World
Nearly every person who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That’s not the place to become discouraged.
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Development Discourage Ideas Impossible Person Place Work
Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
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Business Fortune Goodness Happen Meet Opportunity Planning
Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.
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Application Kindness Mental Physical Product Success
We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.
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Burn Business Candle Cheap Electricity Humour Rich
I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
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Accident Dedication Hard Work Invention
Do the thing and the power will come.
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Business Come Entrepreneur Hard Work Hustle One Liner Power
I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.
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Business Failure Finding Inspirational Mistake Opportunity Work

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