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A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job
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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Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward..
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There is far more opportunity than there is ability.
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I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.
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The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it.
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To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
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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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I was always afraid of things that worked the first time. Long experience proved that there were great drawbacks found generally before they could be got commercial but here was something there was no doubt of.
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Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to be manipulated by our personality as it survives in the next life such an instrument ought to record something.
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Friendship is the heaven of life.
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There is no subsitute for hard work.
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Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination
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My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.
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I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.
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The thing I lose patience with the most is the clock. Its hands move too fast
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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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We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.
Thomas A. Edison
The value of an idea lies in the using of it.
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When you become quiet, it just dawns on you
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I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.
Thomas A. Edison
Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration
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