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.

All Bibles are man-made

All Bibles are man-made

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

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.

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...

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.

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 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

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

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...

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

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...

There is no substitute for hard work

There is no substitute for hard work

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it,...

Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it,...

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all,...

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all,...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned...