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

Quote by Thomas Edison

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Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration

Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

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

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

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production...

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production...

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

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

If we did all the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally...

If we did all the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally...

There is always a better way.

There is always a better way.

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...

Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out...

The man who grasps an opportunity as it is paraded before him, nine times out...

Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the...

Opportunity has hair in front; behind she is bald; if you seize her by the...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the...

We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty instead of being paralyzed at the...

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In...

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In...

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize...

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize...

Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, nor our undertaker. It should challenge...

Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, nor our undertaker. It should challenge...

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds