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- There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
- I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.
- 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…
- I am wondering what would have happened to me if some fluent talker had converted me to the theory of the eight-hour day and convinced…
- I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their…
- My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and…
- There is far more danger in public than in private monopoly, for when Government goes into business it can always shift its losses to the…
- My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions....
- I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'
- Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than…
- 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…
- People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project (Muscle Shoals Dam) nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more…
- There is much more opportunity than there are people to see it.
- My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.
- Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before…
- Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
- Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
- The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind…
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