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.
Thomas Alva Edison
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.
Thomas Alva Edison
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- There is no substitute for hard work.
-- Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931),
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Thomas Alva Edison (1847... - Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Thomas Alva Edison, "Life",... - Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas Alva... - Genius is one percent inspiration and ninty-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas Alva... - Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
and looks like work.
Thomas Alva Edison (1847... - Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls
and looks like work.
Thomas Alva Edison, amedican inventor and... - Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean
it's useless.
Thomas Alva Edison, amedican inventor and... - Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several
thousand things that won't work
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Thomas Alva...
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- All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only on the full use
of our creative imagination."
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Ruth... - The best defence against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes
off.
The British Army... - Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the
resources dwelling within them.
There are deep wells of strength that are never used... - Law school has been described as a place for the accumulation of
learning.
First-year students bring some in; third-year students... - William F. Buckley, Jr., the end of his 1959 book,
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