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> [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. Seeming to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/being-busy-does-not-always-mean-real-work-the-object-of-all-work-is/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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> [Being busy does not always mean real work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/being-busy-does-not-always-mean-real-work/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

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## More by Thomas A. Edison

> [We are striking it big in the electric light, better than my vivid imagination first conceived. Where this thing is going to stop Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/we-are-striking-it-big-in-the-electric-light-better-than-my-vivid/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [I will not say I failed 1000 times, I will say that I discovered there are 1000 ways that can cause failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/i-will-not-say-i-failed-1000-times-i-will-say-that-i-discovered-there/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Friendship is the heaven of life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/friendship-is-the-heaven-of-life/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/even-though-i-am-nearly-deaf-i-seem-to-be-gifted-with-a-kind-of-inner/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/being-busy-does-not-always-mean-real-work-the-object-of-all-work-is/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/the-very-first-thing-an-executive-must-have-is-a-fine-memory-of/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Personally, I enjoy working about 18 hours a day. Besides the short catnaps I take each day, I average about four to five hours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/personally-i-enjoy-working-about-18-hours-a-day-besides-the-short/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/the-brain-can-be-developed-just-the-same-as-the-muscles-can-be/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [“People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/people-who-will-not-turn-a-shovel-full-of-dirt-on-the-project-nor/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/when-i-have-fully-decided-that-a-result-is-worth-getting-i-go-ahead/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [I remember that I was never able to get along at school. I was at the foot of the class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/i-remember-that-i-was-never-able-to-get-along-at-school-i-was-at-the/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Invention is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/invention-is-10-inspiration-and-90-perspiration/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [There seems to be no limit to which some men will go to avoid the labor of thinking. Thinking is hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/there-seems-to-be-no-limit-to-which-some-men-will-go-to-avoid-the/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Somewhere between the ages of eleven and fifteen, the average child begins to suffer from an atrophy, the paralysis of curiosity and the suspension…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/somewhere-between-the-ages-of-eleven-and-fifteen-the-average-child/)

[Thomas A. Edison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-a-edison/)

> [Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-a-edison/not-only-will-atomic-power-be-released-but-someday-we-will-harness/)

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