Thomas A. Edison Quotes

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  I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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  Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Mistake, Failure, Opportunity

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• Having a vision for what you want is not enough...Vision without execution is hallucination

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Entrepreneur, Vision

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• Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Funny, Life, Motivational

  "An Enemy Called Average". Book by John L. Mason, 1990.

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• There is a better way for everything. Find it.

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  Inspirational, Way, Better Ways

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• Success is 90% perspiration and 10% inspiration!

  Thomas A. Edison

  Business, Inspiration, Perspiration

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• I didn't fail 1000 times. The light bulb was an invention with 1000 steps.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Light, Steps, Self Discipline

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• Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Failure, Failing

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• Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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• The secret of success is focus of purpose.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Focus, Secret, Purpose

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• Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.

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  Thinking, People, Willful Ignorance

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• When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.

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  Inspirational, Karma, Running

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• You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Dream, Goal, Realizing

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• A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job

  Thomas A. Edison

  Jobs, Coal, Pieces

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• The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn't like to do.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Success, Commitment, Action

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• The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise. Give a child plenty of exercise, for body and brain. The trouble with our way of educating is that it does not give elasticity to the mind. It casts the brain into a mold. It insists that the child must accept. It does not encourage original thought or reasoning, and it lays more stress on memory than observation.

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  Children, Memories, Stress

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• Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

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  Inspirational, Wise, Men

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• A genius is a talented person who does his homework.

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  Ballet, Doe, Genius

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• The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.

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  Thinking, People, Quitting

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• Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Courage, Have Faith

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• I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Defending and Parenting Children Who Learn Differently : Lessons from Edison's Mother". Book by Scott Teel, 2007.

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• The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Survival, Firsts, Week

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• Tomorrow Is My Exam But I Don’t Care Because A Single Sheet Of Paper Can’t Decide My Future

  Thomas A. Edison

  Paper, Care, Tomorrow

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• I never quit until I get what I want.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Want, Never Quit, Quitting

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