Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Tuesday, September 3, 2013 – Thomas Edison
Coaches Hot Seat NFL Quotes of the Day – Tuesday, September 3, 2013 – Thomas Edison
“Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!”
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“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”
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“Discontent is the first necessity of progress.”
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“Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
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“His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.”
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“One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But… I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.”
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“I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.”
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“I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.”
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“If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.”
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“It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to 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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“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.”
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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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“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”
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“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.”
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“There is no substitute for hard work.”
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“There’s a way to do it better – find it.”
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“What you are will show in what you do.”
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“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.”
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“Anything that won’t sell, I don’t want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success.”
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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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“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
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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.”
Wikipedia: Thomas Edison
