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• The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Thinking, Littles

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• The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Children, Imagination, Innovation

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• Vision without execution is delusion.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Positive, Vision, Execution

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• People are not remembered by how few times they fail, but by how often they succeed. Every wrong step is another step forward

  Thomas A. Edison

  People, Succeed, Steps

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• The world owes nothing to any man, but every man owes something to the world.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Men, World

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• I never quit until I get what I want.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Want, Never Quit, Quitting

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• Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Ideas, Imagination, Good Things

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• Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Competition, Innovation, Way

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• The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will involve the patient in the proper use of food, fresh air and exercise

  Thomas A. Edison

  Exercise, Doctors, Air

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• I have better use for my brain than to poison it with alcohol. To put alcohol in the human brain is like putting sand in the bearings of an engine.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Alcohol, Brain, Poison

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• Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Ambition, Imagination, Plus

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• The brain can be developed just the same as the muscles
  can be developed, if on will only take the pains to train
  the mind to think.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Pain, Thinking, Brain

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• Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Men

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• The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Focus, Firsts, Ability

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• Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Technique, Planning, Process

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• Work while others are wishing.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Work, Stay Positive

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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Danger, Peril, Inactivity

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• The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Success, Work, Common Sense

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• My success is due more to my ability to work continuously on one thing without stopping than to any other single quality.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Quality, Stopping, Ability

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• When we learn how to store electricity, we will cease being apes ourselves; until then we are tailless orangutans. You see, we should utilize natural forces and thus get all of our power. Sunshine is a form of energy, and the winds and the tides are manifestations of energy. Do we use them? Oh, no! We burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel. We live like squatters, not as if we owned the property.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Sunshine, Wind, Energy

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• The trouble with most people is that they quit before they start.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Thinking, People, Quitting

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• We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Rich, Electricity

  Thomas A. Edison's statement to a reporter during the first public demonstration of his incandescent (December 31, 1879), as quoted in Chris J. Magoc "Chronology of Americans and the Environment" (p. 46), 2011.

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• The man who doesn’t make up his mind to cultivate the habit of thinking misses the greatest pleasure in life.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Men, Thinking

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• Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Father, Persistence, Brave

  "A Bright Idea: Rescue the Incandescents" by Ken Blackwell, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2011.

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