"Genius is one percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
- Thomas Edison
Motivation
"Genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration."
- Thomas Edison
Motivation
"Genius is another name for hard work, honest work. Genius is 1 per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration."
- Thomas Edison
Motivation
"Two per cent. is genius and ninety-eight per cent. is hard work."
- Thomas Edison
Motivation
"Genius is not inspired. Inspiration is perspiration."
- Thomas Edison
Belief
"There will always be somebody who can tell you that you can’t, it’s your responsibility to show them what you can do. Success is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."
- Dr. Anthony Grazzini (@Graz74)
Motivation
"Don’t tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work. Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% percent perspiration. Success is not an accident, success is a choice."
- kwebb (@kayvonwebster)
Motivation
"The practical success of an idea, irrespective of its inherent merit, is dependent on the attitude of the contemporaries. If timely it is quickly adopted; if not, it is apt to fare like a sprout lured out of the ground by warm sunshine, only to be injured and retarded in its growth by the succeeding frost."
- Nikola Tesla
Wisdom
"If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety percent of his labor."
- Nikola Tesla
Adaptation
"Genius is inspiration, talent and perspiration."
- Kate Sanborn
Motivation
"I’d like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company."
- Bill Backer
Inspiration