Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Accordingly, a genius is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.

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"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

- Thomas Edison

Hard Work

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that don’t work."

- Thomas Edison

Failure

"I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work."

- Thomas Edison

Resilience

""Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.""

- Thomas Edison

Hard Work

"Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up."

- Thomas Edison

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"The expert in anything was once a beginner."

- Helen Hayes

Learning

"Learn as if you will live forever, live like you will die tomorrow."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Learning

"To know how much there is to know is the beginning of learning to live."

- Dorothy West

Learning

"In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind, there are few."

- Vince Gironda

Learning

"I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it."

- Vincent van Gogh

Learning