Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.
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Other Thomas Edison quotes:
Five percent of the people think; ten percent of the people think they think; and the other eighty-five percent would rather die than think.
Most of my ideas belonged to other people who never bothered to develop them.
Of the 200 light bulbs that didn't work, every failure told me something that I was able to incorporate into the next attempt.
The secret of success is focus of purpose.
It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought.
I am not overly impressed by the great names and reputations of those who might be trying to beat me to an invention. It's their 'ideas' that appeal to me. I am quite correctly described as 'more of a sponge than an inventor.
What you are will show in what you do.
Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing...
You can't realize your dreams unless you have one to begin with.
