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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.

~Thomas A. Edison

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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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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

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

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There is no substitute for hard work.

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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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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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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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There's a way to do it better - find it.

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If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Inventor

Born: February 11th, 1847

Died: October 18th, 1931

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