Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison

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Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these...

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these...

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity

The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity

Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and...

Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and...

There is no substitute for hard work

There is no substitute for hard work

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we...

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we...

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has...

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has...

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work

Opportunity is missed by most because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it...

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies...

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies...

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the...

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the...

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

Thinking is like loving or dying. Each of us must do it for ourselves.

Thinking is like loving or dying. Each of us must do it for ourselves.

Think of the going-out before you enter

Think of the going-out before you enter