The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so...

There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so...

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...

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what...

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what...

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put...

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always...

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always...

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

To my mind the old masters are not art; their value is in their scarcity.

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.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly...

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly...

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility,...

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility,...

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident;...

I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident;...

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.

I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.