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

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison

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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.

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

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

All Bibles are man-made

All Bibles are man-made

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

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

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 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...

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...

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with

You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with

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...

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...

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

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

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

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

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

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

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes...

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes...

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured

He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be...

When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be...

And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, Don't let logic...

And when the future hinges on the next words that are said, Don't let logic...

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.

I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together.