The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison

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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...

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...

The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity

The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity

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...

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

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

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...

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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.

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.

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...

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 value of an idea lies in the using of it.

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

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

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

Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.

Everything that used to be a sin is now a disease.

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less...

After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less...

The future is no place to place your better days.

The future is no place to place your better days.

My music isn't just music, it's medicine.

My music isn't just music, it's medicine.