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Invention is 10% inspiration ...

Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

Genius? Nothing! Sticking to ...

Genius? Nothing! Sticking to it is the genius! Any other bright-minded fellow can accomplish just as much if he will stick like hell and remember nothing that's any good works by itself. You've got to make the damn thing work!...I failed my way to success.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

Because I readily absorb idea...

Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

During all those years of exp...

During all those years of experimentation and research, I never once made a discovery. All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention, pure and simple. I would construct a theory and work on its lines until I found it was untenable. Then it would be discarded at once and another theory evolved. This was the only possible way for me to work out the problem.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

Show me a completely contente...

Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

The first requisite for succe...

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

I start where the last man le...

I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

Somewhere between the ages of...

Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension of the power to observe. The trouble, I should judge, to lie with the schools.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

Failure is the most effective...

Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

The three things that are mos...

The three things that are most essential to achievement are common sense, hard work and stick-to-it-iv-ness... Unfortunately, many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

For faith, as well intentione...

For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

Oh these mathematicians make ...

Oh these mathematicians make me tired! When you ask them to work out a sum they take a piece of paper, cover it with rows of A's, B's, and X's and Y's ... scatter a mess of flyspecks over them, and then give you an answer that's all wrong!

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

The thing I lose patience wit...

The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

The greatest discoveries will...

The greatest discoveries will be along spiritual lines. This is the field where miracles are going to happen. Spiritual power is the greatest underdeveloped power and has the greatest future.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

I know this world is ruled by...

I know this world is ruled by Infinite Intelligence. It required Infinite Intelligence to create it and it requires Infinite Intelligence to keep it on its course ... It is mathematical in its precision.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

I have had a lot of success w...

I have had a lot of success with failure

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

Failure is really a matter of...

Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

After we had conducted thousa...

After we had conducted thousands of experiments on a certain project without solving the problem, one of my associates, after we had conducted the crowning experiment and it had proved a failure, expressed discouragement and disgust over our having failed to find out anything. I cheerily assured him that we had learned something. For we had learned for a certainty that the thing couldnt be done that way, and that we would have to try some other way.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

The money one gets for sellin...

The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

First, study the present cons...

First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject.

Tomas Edison 442 quotes

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