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

Quote by Thomas A Edison

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There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.

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.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

There's a way to do it better - find it.

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...

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

I start where the last man left off.

I start where the last man left off.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

To have a great idea, have a lot of them.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor...

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor...

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...

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

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...

There is no substitute for hard work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

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

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

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.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.

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.

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...

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

Great ideas originate in the muscles.

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of...

When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of...