The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.

Quote by Thomas Alva Edison

Topics: Achievement Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Courage Quotes

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

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

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

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has...

Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has...

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

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...

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

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

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...

There is no substitute for hard work

There is no substitute for hard work

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

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...

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.

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

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

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 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...

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...

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

Failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day.

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure

If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure

When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.

When you break up, your whole identity is shattered. It's like death.