Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
To have a great idea, have a lot of them.
If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.
One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But... I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes w...
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
I know this world is ruled by infinite intelligence. Everything that surrounds us- everything that exists - proves that there are infinite laws behind it. There can be no denying this fact. It is math...
There is time for everything.
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order...
Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.
The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind of a child is naturally active, it develops through exercise....
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
I am long on ideas but short on time. I expect to live only about a hundred years.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.
What you are will show in what you do.
People who will not turn a shovel full of dirt on the project nor contribute a pound of material, will collect more money from the United States than will the People who supply all the material and do...