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Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.


- Thomas Edison









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I failed my way to success.

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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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

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Five percent of the people think, Ten percent of the people think they think, And the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.

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The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

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Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

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Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.

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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

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

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To have a great idea, have a lot of them

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There is far more opportunity than there is ability

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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.

- Thomas Edison