Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that...

I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that...

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things...

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things...

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the...

One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the...

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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...

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

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...

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

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

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

Well, don't just pray to marry the one you love; Instead, pray to love the...

Well, don't just pray to marry the one you love; Instead, pray to love the...

Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and...

Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and...

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.

Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business.

Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business.