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

Quote by Thomas Edison

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There is always a better way.

There is always a better way.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration

Genius is 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration

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...

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed...

It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed...

Words embody power to inspire or motivate us, but it is only we who have...

Words embody power to inspire or motivate us, but it is only we who have...

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare.

Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them...

Dreams won't come looking for you. That's why you have to chase them. Pursue them...

The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence...

The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence...

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is God's...

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is God's...

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

If you keep worrying about the future, you will never live in the present.

If you keep worrying about the future, you will never live in the present.

Dont you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you cant be...

Dont you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you cant be...

Seeing the first question on a test and thinking, 'Yup...I'm screwed.'

Seeing the first question on a test and thinking, 'Yup...I'm screwed.'