“43. Don’t let past failures determine what your future success will be. Walt Disney went bankrupt — twice — before finally gaining… — Derek Rydall Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers didn't contemplate the staying on the ground of things. Alexander Graham Bell didn't contemplate the noncommunication of things. Thomas… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“For too long, the creative world has focused on idea generation at the expense of idea execution. As the legendary inventor Thomas… — Jocelyn K. Glei Copy Share Image
“The glass display cases had shown rock-throwers crafted by the Australian aborigines - like giant wooden shoehorns, they'd looked, but smoothed and… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Thomas Edison reads not for entertainment but to increase his store of knowledge. He sucks in information as eagerly as the bee… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
You simply cannot give to the world all that you have to give to the world if you do not remain true… — Mike Dooley Copy Share Image
“Many such top performers overcame their average—or even below-average—intellects and nonexistent aptitudes to develop outstanding abilities in disciplines such as chess, music,… — Sean Patrick Copy Share Image
“Education has nothing to do with it. Long before I was born, the secret had found its way into the possession of… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“We have heard the stories: Duke Ellington would say, “I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”… — Sarah Lewis Copy Share Image
2Pac never attended college, Lucille 'O' Ball was kicked out of acting school for being too shy, Bill Gates dropped out of… — Justin Copy Share Image
“Tinkerers built America. Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, all were tinkerers in their childhood. Everything from the airplane to the computer… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
“More daring, though, was Jung’s uninhibited interest in spiritualism, which by this time had become a controversial topic on both sides of… — Gary Valentine Lachman Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison said in all seriousness: "There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the labour of… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
“Well," he said, quite seriously, "it's this way: you work because you're afraid not to. You work becuase you have to drive… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
“I remember on one of my many visits with Thomas A. Edison , I brought up the question of Ingersoll . I… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
“I thought at first that she was just dead. Just darkness. Just a body being eaten by bugs. I thought about her… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Thomas Edison once said, “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they… — Jane Friedman Copy Share Image
“As Thomas Edison himself is said to have put it, “If I find 10,000 ways something won’t work, I haven’t failed. I… — Greg Satell Copy Share Image
