Thomas A. Edison Quotes
Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. 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. 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. One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success. Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. Religion is all bunk. Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress. Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil. The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants. The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work. The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. The value of an idea lies in the using of it. There is far more opportunity than there is ability. There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
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