Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
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Thomas EdisonConfirmed by Edison in Harper's Monthly (1932)
About Thomas Edison
American inventor of the phonograph and a practical electric light bulb. (1847-1931)
More from Thomas Edison
- Restlessness is discontent, and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure.The Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison (1948)
- We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.Quoted in Golden Book magazine (1931)
- Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.Edison & Ford Quote Book (2003); no primary source
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- Fewer people are bent from hard work than are crooked from avoiding it.Zig Ziglar
- A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.Tony Robbins
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