“You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don’t know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.”
Oliver Edwards
Tag: Quote of the Day
13AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Alva Edison
12AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
Everyone steals in commerce and industry. I’ve stolen a lot, myself. But I know how to steal! They don’t know how to steal!
Thomas Alva Edison
11AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
Restlessness is discontent — and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man — and I will show you a failure.
Thomas Alva Edison
10AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
I owe my success to the fact that I never had a clock in my workroom. Seventy-five of us worked twenty hours every day and slept only four hours — and thrived on it.
Thomas Alva Edison
09AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas Alva Edison
08AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
I never did a day’s work in my life, it was all fun.
Thomas Alva Edison
07AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.
Thomas Alva Edison
06AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
Hell! There ain’t no rules around here! We are tryin’ to accomplish somep’n!
Thomas Edison
05AUG2021 – Quote of the Day
‘Th’ American nation in th’ Sixth Ward is a fine people.’ He says. ‘They love th’ eagle,’ he says, ‘on th’ back iv a dollar.’
Finley Peter Dunne