Thomas A. 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. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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What a man's mind can create, man's character can control. ↗

— Thomas A. Edison

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