Thomas Edison on business
“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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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.
Thomas EdisonThomas Edison 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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