72 result(s) for Thomas Edison Quotes.
"There's a way to do it better – find it."
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."
"I find out what the world needs. Then, I go ahead and invent it."
"The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."
"Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours of sleep per night."
"I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention — in fact, I am less impressed by them than many other people are."
"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves."
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"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense."
"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."
"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something."
"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."
"Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning."
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
"The vision of the entrepreneur is really important because they set the pace for the future."
"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."
"Restlessness is discontent, and discontent is the first necessity of progress."
"We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work."
"My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions."
"To have a great idea, have a lot of them."
"I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others."
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"Nearly every man 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."
"Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless."
"Discontent is the first necessity of progress."
"I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun."
"Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress."
"Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose."
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
"The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do."
"Hell, there are no rules here – we're trying to accomplish something."
"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."
"What you are will show in what you do."
"Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth."
"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration."
"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure."
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"I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it."
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."
"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense."
"I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun."
"There's a way to do it better - find it."
"The most certain way to succeed is to always try just one more time."
"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."
"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."
"The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around."
"I start where the last man left off."
"There is no substitute for hard work."
"The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."
"Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have."
"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."
"I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work."
"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."
"The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil."
"I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision."
"The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work."
"Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration."
"There is vast nature of unused potential in every human being."
"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."
"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves."
"The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child."
"Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose."
"There is no shortcut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation—veneer isn’t worth anything."
"A genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework."
"The sun shines only on those who stand before it."
"There’s a way to do it better—find it."
"I never took a day off in my life. Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going."
"I want to be remembered as the guy who tried to make a difference."
"Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration."
"The only thing worse than an ill-informed person is an ill-informed person who knows he is informed."
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