"Discontent is the first necessity of progress."

Edison, Thomas A. on Discontent
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"I start where the last man left off."

Edison, Thomas A. on Excellence
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"There's a way to do better... find it."

Edison, Thomas A. on Excellence
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"Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless."

Edison, Thomas A. on Failure
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"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward."

Edison, Thomas A. on Failure
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"I have not failed. I've just found 10, 000 ways that won't work."

Edison, Thomas A. on Failure
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"His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine."

Edison, Thomas A. on Genius
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"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

Edison, Thomas A. on Genius
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"The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary."

Edison, Thomas A. on Ability
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"The value of an idea lies in the using of it."

Edison, Thomas A. on Ideas
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"To have a great idea, have a lot of them."

Edison, Thomas A. on Ideas
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"Great ideas originate in the muscles."

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"I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill."

Edison, Thomas A. on Invention and Inventor
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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."

Edison, Thomas A. on Invention and Inventor
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"We don't know one-millionth of one percent about anything."

Edison, Thomas A. on Knowledge
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"The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."

Edison, Thomas A. on Life and Living
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"Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth."

Edison, Thomas A. on Maturity
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"The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around"

Edison, Thomas A. on Mind
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"I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists -- proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision."

Edison, Thomas A. on Miracles
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"There is far more opportunity than there is ability."

Edison, Thomas A. on Opportunity
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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work."

Edison, Thomas A. on Opportunity
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"Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits."

Edison, Thomas A. on Patience
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"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

Edison, Thomas A. on Perseverance
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"Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. that's not the place to become discouraged."

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"When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes."

Edison, Thomas A. on Perseverance
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"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

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"I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."

Edison, Thomas A. on Pleasure
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"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves."

Edison, Thomas A. on Possibilities
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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."

Edison, Thomas A. on Progress
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"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."

Edison, Thomas A. on Results
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"Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something."

Edison, Thomas A. on Rules
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"Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure."

Edison, Thomas A. on Satisfaction
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"To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity."

Edison, Thomas A. on Scarcity
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"The best thinking has been done in solitude."

Edison, Thomas A. on Solitude
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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 speaking for myself, I can honestly say this is not so... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success."

Edison, Thomas A. on Success
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"What you are will show in what you do."

Edison, Thomas A. on Action
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"The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants."

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"There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking."

Edison, Thomas A. on Thoughts and Thinking
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"It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work."

Edison, Thomas A. on Thoughts and Thinking
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"There ain't no rules around here, we're trying to accomplish something."

Edison, Thomas A. on Trying
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