Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem you're working on.

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison

Topics: Maturity Quotes

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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...

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness;...

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness;...

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

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

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

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

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...

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

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...

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...

All Bibles are man-made

All Bibles are man-made

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

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

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

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...

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

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

This is the book I never read ~~ These are the words I never said...

This is the book I never read ~~ These are the words I never said...

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.