Thomas A. Edison Quotes - Page 3

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

  Thomas A. Edison

  Danger, Peril, Inactivity

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• Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  "The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison". Book by Thomas A. Edison, 1948.

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• The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Thinking, Solitude, Innovation

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• Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Harper's Monthly Magazine, September 1932.

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• My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Quality, Stopping, Ability

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• Do the thing and the power will come.

  Thomas A. Edison

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• I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine.

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  Alcohol, Brain, Poison

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• Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.

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  Real, Satisfaction In Life, Satisfaction

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• Everything comes to those who hustle while they wait.

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  Sports, Encouragement, Accomplishment

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

  Thomas A. Edison

  Brain, Mind, Body

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

  Thomas A. Edison

  Drinking, Ignorance, Knowledge

  "Stevenson's Book of Quotations". Book by Burton Egbert Stevenson, 1938.

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• A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.

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  Motivational, Ideas, Mind

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• Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Kind, Application, Products

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• Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Father, Persistence, Brave

  "A Bright Idea: Rescue the Incandescents" by Ken Blackwell, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2011.

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• I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is mathematical in its precision.

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  Spiritual, Infinite Intelligence, Law

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• I get my ideas from listening from within.

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  Ideas, Listening

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• There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start a new.

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  Mistake, Thank God, Disaster

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• Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.

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  Powerful, Goal, Behind You

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• The beauty of a great idea lies in the art of using it.

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  Art, Lying, Ideas

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• The injurious agent in cigarettes comes principally from the burning paper wrapper. The substance thereby formed is called "acrolein." It has a violent action on the nerve centers, producing degeneration of the cells of the brain, which is quite rapid among boys. Unlike most narcotics, this degeneration is permanent and uncontrollable. I employ no person who smokes cigarettes.

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  Science, Boys, Cells

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• A man’s best friend is a good wife.

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  Inspirational, Men, Wife

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• The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

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  Success, Hard Work, Opportunity

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• I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.

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  God, Believe, Doubt

  The Freethinker, Volume 90, 1970.

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• What you are will show in what you do.

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  Motivation, Action, Human Nature

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• When we learn how to store electricity, we will cease being apes ourselves; until then we are tailless orangutans. You see, we should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy. Do we use them? Oh, no! We burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel. We live like squatters, not as if we owned the property.

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  Sunshine, Wind, Energy

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