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- Thomas Alva Edison: American inventor and founder of General Electric
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A famous person is often remembered for the ability to take from mankind rather than for his ability to give to mankind.
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Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
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A 'genius' is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.
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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.
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Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
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Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight?
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Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
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Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
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Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
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Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something.
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I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.
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I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.
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If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as, ''Candle making industry threatened''.
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If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
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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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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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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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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.
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Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
An Enemy Called Average (1990) by John L. Mason , p. 55.
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