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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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...

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

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...

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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 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;...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

All Bibles are man-made

All Bibles are man-made

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.

There is no substitute for hard work

There is no substitute for hard work

'Will you retire?' 'When they put me in the grave, I want to have a...

'Will you retire?' 'When they put me in the grave, I want to have a...

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible...

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible...

Everything is a process, growth and improvement takes time. Don't expect fast results if you...

Everything is a process, growth and improvement takes time. Don't expect fast results if you...