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I have not failed. I have successfully discovered 1200 ideas that don't work.
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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Thomas A. Edison
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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.
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I am both pleased but astonished by the fact that mankind has not yet begun to use all the means and devices that are available for destruction. I hope that such weapons are never manufactured in quantity.
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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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Show me a completely contented person and I'll show you a failure.
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They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
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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 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor
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Negative results are just what I want. They’re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don’t.
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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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His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
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Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
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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 three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
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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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I have always consistently opposed high-tension and alternating systems of electric lighting...not only on account of danger, but because of their general unreliability and unsuitability for any general system of distribution.
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The secret of success is focus of purpose.
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To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction -- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
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