To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
THOMAS EDISONFive percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
More Thomas Edison Quotes
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I start where the last man left off.
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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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Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.
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When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.
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There’s a way to do it better – find it.
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The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.
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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.
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Every failure is a lesson learned about your strategy.
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The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.
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To do much clear thinking a person must arrange for regular periods of solitude when they can concentrate and indulge the imagination without distraction.
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Work while others are wishing.
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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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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.
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I’ve realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night’s sleep.
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There is no substitute for hard work.
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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn’t work.
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Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration.
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A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job.
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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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I failed my way to success.
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Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.
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I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.
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Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.
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The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.
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There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.
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Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.
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