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

Thomas A. Edison · Work

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Thomas A. Edison

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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Thomas A. Edison

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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Thomas A. Edison

To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.

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Thomas A. Edison

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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