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

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...

There is no substitute for hard work

There is no substitute for hard work

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

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 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.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

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...

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 value of an idea lies in the using of it.

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

All Bibles are man-made

All Bibles are man-made

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the...

I do not believe that any type of religion should ever be introduced into the...

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...

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

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;...

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...

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...

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if...

I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if...

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate...

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal, an electorate...

I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of...

I never called my work an 'art' It's part of show business, the business of...

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.

The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.