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

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.

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...

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

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

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...

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...

All Bibles are man-made

All Bibles are man-made

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...

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature

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

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

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a...

It is my firm belief that I have a link with the past and a...

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...

The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is...