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Thomas A. Edison
American
Inventor
Born:
Feb 11
,
1847
Man
Success
Will
Work
World
You
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison
Motivational
Time
Try
Giving
Giving Up
Our
Way
Weakness
Lies
More
Most
Greatest
Always
Up
Just
Just One
Succeed
Certain
Certain Way
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas A. Edison
Life
Success
Failure
People
Gave
Failures
How
Were
Up
Close
Did
Realize
Who
Many
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Thomas A. Edison
You
Something
Because
Just
Just Because
Mean
Planned
Useless
There is no substitute for hard work.
Thomas A. Edison
Work
Hard Work
Substitute
Hard
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 is not doing.
Thomas A. Edison
Work
Intelligence
Being Busy
Busy
System
Must
Object
Seeming
Purpose
Well
Does
Always
Real
Doing
Accomplishment
Forethought
Being
Ends
Real Work
Either
Mean
Perspiration
Production
Planning
Honest
There's a way to do it better - find it.
Thomas A. Edison
Better
Way
Find
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas A. Edison
Genius
Ninety-Nine
Ninety-Nine Percent
One Percent
Percent
Inspiration
Perspiration
What you are will show in what you do.
Thomas A. Edison
You
Will
Show
The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.
Thomas A. Edison
Work
Hard Work
People
Opportunity
Looking
Recognize
Wearing
Like
Overalls
Because
Around
Lot
Goes
Hard
Reason
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
Thomas A. Edison
Best
Solitude
Thinking
Worst
Has-Been
Been
Done
Turmoil
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
Thomas A. Edison
Work
Wisdom
Hard Work
Great
Worth
Achieve
Three
Sense
Common
Essentials
Anything
Common Sense
While
Hard
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
Thomas A. Edison
You
Worth
Consists
Your
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
Thomas A. Edison
Ethics
Living
Harming
Other
Evolution
Highest
Leads
Until
Non-Violence
Still
Goal
Stop
Which
Beings
Savages
Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
Thomas A. Edison
Hell
Rules
Something
No Rules
Accomplish
Trying
Here
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
Thomas A. Edison
Value
Lies
Idea
Using
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.
Thomas A. Edison
Intelligence
World
Everything
Ruled
Laws
Fact
Know
Proves
Mathematical
Exists
Surrounds
Denying
Infinite
Precision
Behind
Us
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
Thomas A. Edison
Life
Work
Day
My Life
Never
Did
Fun
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 you. Have faith! Go forward!
Thomas A. Edison
Faith
You
Business
Courage
Be Brave
Stronger
Seen
Before
Fathers
Emerged
More
Prosperous
Courageous
Always
Go
America
Brave
Depressions
Your
Forward
Many
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
Thomas A. Edison
Time
Will
Before
Every
Worse
Claim
Constantly
Ability
Thrift
Lays
Him
Limitless
Coming
Loss
Scope
Question
Than
Person
Who
Keep
Waste
Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Thomas A. Edison
Me
Failure
You
Man
Progress
Will
First
Satisfied
Thoroughly
Restlessness
Discontent
Show
Necessity
Great ideas originate in the muscles.
Thomas A. Edison
Great
Great Ideas
Ideas
Originate
Muscles
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
Thomas A. Edison
Me
Failure
You
Man
Will
Satisfied
Thoroughly
Show
The doctor of the future will give no medicine but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet, and the cause and prevention of disease.
Thomas A. Edison
Future
Doctor
Cause
Care
Will
Patient
Medicine
Frame
Give
Prevention
His
Disease
Diet
Human
There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
Thomas A. Edison
Opportunity
Ability
More
Than
Far
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
Thomas A. Edison
One Percent
About
Percent
Know
Anything
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
Thomas A. Edison
Success
Work
World
Reward
Pleasure
Find
Calls
Greatest
Greatest Pleasure
Precedes
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