I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.
Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
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. Seeming to do is not doing.
The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.
Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
They say President Wilson has blundered. Perhaps he has, but I notice he usually blunders forward.
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.
Religion is all bunk.
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 what the world calls success.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
The body is a community made up of its innumerable cells or inhabitants.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.
The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.
When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.
