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Letter "T" » Thomas Alva Edison Quotes
«To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.»
«Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.»
«All Bibles are man-made»
«Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.»
Author: Thomas Alva Edison
(Inventor)
| About:
Genius,
Inspiration,
Team work,
Work
| Keywords:
genius, inspiration, nine, nineties, ninety, Ninety nine, one percent, percent, perspiration
«I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work»
«Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.»
«The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.»
Author: Thomas Alva Edison
(Inventor)
| About:
Achievement,
Common sense,
Courage
| Keywords:
common sense, essentials, stick, stick to, The three, third
«I never failed once. It just happened to be a 2000-step process.»
«I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.»
«Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.»
Author: Thomas Alva Edison
(Inventor)
| About:
Ideas
| Keywords:
develops, discouraged, nearly, the point, to the point
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