Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.
THOMAS EDISONNature is truly wonderful. Only man is truly foul.
More Thomas Edison Quotes
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The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
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There is no limit to which a man will not go to avoid thinking.
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I think work is the world’s greatest fun.
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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
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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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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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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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Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.
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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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There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.
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Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
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Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.
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There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.
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I’ve realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night’s sleep.
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I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.
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