| 31 Famous Quotes by Thomas Alva Edison
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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”
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“Discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
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“Most people don't recognize opportunity when it comes, because it's usually dressed in overalls and looks a lot like work.”
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“Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
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“I find out what the world needs, then I proceed to invent. My main purpose in life is to make money so that I can afford to go on creating more inventions.”
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“I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it. I never perfected an invention that I did not think about in terms of the service it might give others. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it. I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. The dove is my emblem.”
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“I never did anything worth doing entirely by accident and none of my inventions came about totally by accident. They came about by hard work.”
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“I believe that the science of chemistry alone almost proves the existence of an intelligent creator.”
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“Someday man will harness the rise and fall of the tides, imprison the power of the sun, and release atomic power.”
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“Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best. Life's most soothing things are sweet music and a child's goodnight.”
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“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”
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“Not only will atomic power be released, but someday we will harness the rise and fall of the tides and imprison the rays of the sun.”
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“Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure.”
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“I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun.”
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“I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another
step forward.”
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“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.”
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“Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.”
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“Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in
overalls and looks like work.”
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“Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work.”
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“What you are will show in what you do.”
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“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.”
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“The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or
inhabitants.”
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“There is no substitute for hard work.”
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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.”
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“I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.”
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Thomas Alva Edison Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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