Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.
NT
Nikola TeslaInterview 'A Visit to Nikola Tesla', Politika (1927)
About Nikola Tesla
Serbian American inventor who developed alternating current electrical systems. (1856-1943)
More from Nikola Tesla
- Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.'The Problem of Increasing Human Energy', Century Magazine (1900)
- Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.'An Inventor's Seasoned Ideas', The New York Times (1934)
- The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.Modern Mechanics and Inventions (1934)
- Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it.Interview 'A Visit to Nikola Tesla', Politika (1927)
More quotes on purpose
- Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.Steve Jobs
- Unless you have a lot of passion about this, you're not going to survive.Steve Jobs
- Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.Warren Buffett
- We don't want to make our money selling things that are bad for people.Charlie Munger
- There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.Peter Drucker
- A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.Walt Disney
Find more quotes for your industry, check who really said the famous ones, and turn any of them into a branded image.
Open Quote Finder