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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.
Thomas A. Edison -
Work while others are wishing.
Thomas A. Edison
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What a man's mind can create, man's character can control.
Thomas A. Edison -
An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain.
Thomas A. Edison -
Problems in human engineering will receive during the coming years the same genius and attention which the nineteenth century gave to the more material forms of engineering. We have laid good foundations for industrial prosperity, now we want to assure the happiness and growth of the workers through vocational education, vocational guidance, and wisely managed employment departments. A great field for industrial experimentation and statemanship is opening up.
Thomas A. Edison -
I am much less interested in what is called God's word than in God's deeds. All bibles are man-made.
Thomas A. Edison -
For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction - faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.
Thomas A. Edison -
Success is the result of hard work.
Thomas A. Edison
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There is no subsitute for hard work.
Thomas A. Edison -
To get a great idea, come up with lots of them.
Thomas A. Edison -
The money one gets for selling one's soul is always spent in deadening one's conscience, so the net gain at the end of a lifetime is no greater than if the diabolic bargain had not been struck.
Thomas A. Edison -
Smoking too much makes me nervous. Must lasso my natural tendency to acquire such habits. Holding heavy cigar constantly in my mouth has deformed my upper lip, it has a sort of Havana curl.
Thomas A. Edison -
Be courageous! Have faith! Go forward.
Thomas A. Edison -
My mother was the making of me. She was so true and so sure of me, I felt that I had someone to live for - someone I must not disappoint. The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.
Thomas A. Edison
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The roots of tobacco plants must go clear through to hell. Satan's principal agent Dyspepsia must have charge of this branch of the vegetable kingdom.
Thomas A. Edison -
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
Thomas A. Edison -
The First 40 hours of work per week are for survival. Everything after that is for success.
Thomas A. Edison -
So far as the religion of the day is concerned, it is a damned fake ... Religion is all bunk.
Thomas A. Edison -
I think work is the world's greatest fun.
Thomas A. Edison -
I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or later, I patent most of them.
Thomas A. Edison
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I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live to be only about a hundred.
Thomas A. Edison -
Nature made us - nature did it all - not the gods of the religions.
Thomas A. Edison -
I am 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start.
Thomas A. Edison -
I get my ideas from listening from within.
Thomas A. Edison