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Inspirational Quotes by Thomas A. Edison

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Thomas A. Edison sees each failure as a new discovery, not a defeat. He values friendship as a heavenly part of life and always looks for a better solution when a problem appears. He also describes himself as a sponge, soaking up ideas and knowledge.

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Sticking to it is the genius.

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There is no subsitute for hard work.

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

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This problem, once solved, will be simple.

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Do the thing and the power will come.

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Work while others are wishing.

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I failed my way to success.

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My mother was the making of me.

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I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.

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I am 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start.

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The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

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I am afraid of radium and polonium ... I don't want to monkey with them.

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Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option.

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There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.

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Genius is 1 percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.

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Every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward

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Radio is just a fashion contrivance that will soon die out. It is obvious that there never will be invented a proper…

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I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure

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Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to…

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As a result, a genius is often a talented person who has simply…

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I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!

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“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”

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The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

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We shall have no better conditions in the future if we are satisfied with all those which we have at present.

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My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want…

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I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not…

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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. It is astonishing how many have…

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“Study, along the lines which the theologies have mapped, will never lead us to discovery of the fundamental facts of our existence.…

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I never quit until I get what I want.

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Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.

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Ideas without execution are hallucinations.

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No Such Thing as Bad Results

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A lawsuit is the suicide of time.

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Friendship is the heaven of life.

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The dove is my emblem.

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Seeming to do is not doing.

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There is always a better way.

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If there is a better solution... find it.

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When you become quiet, it just dawns on you

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A man’s best friend is a good wife.

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Friendship is the heaven of life.

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When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.

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I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class.

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Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

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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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