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Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination
Thomas A. Edison
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Thomas A. Edison
Age: 84 †
Born: 1847
Born: February 11
Died: 1931
Died: October 18
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None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
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Results? Why, man, I have gotten lots of results! If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward.
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I've realized that most of my best ideas have followed a good night's sleep.
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The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 foundations and individual donors whose priorities don't align with my organization's.
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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.
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The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.
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If I had not had so much ambition and not tried to do so many things, I probably would have been happier, but less useful.
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Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
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The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
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The secret of success is focus of purpose.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.
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What is a college? An institute of learning. What is a business? An institute of learning. Life, itself, is an institute of learning.
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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill.
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Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt.
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I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor....'
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My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for - someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
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Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future
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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
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Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
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