From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.
Quote authenticity
| Score: |
|
|---|
Other Thomas Edison quotes:
I failed my way to success.
When I have finally decided that a result is worth getting, I go ahead on it and make trial after trial until it comes.
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
The only thing I use my body for is to carry my brain around.
Large portions of life's disappointments are individuals who did not understand that they were so near achievement when they surrendered.
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence and honest purpose, as well as perspiration.
Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.
Consider data without prejudice.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.
