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Thomas Edison

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

Topic: Action, Work
Location: Lake Tahoe
Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin

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If I could solve all the problems myself, I would. — Thomas Edison

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Vision without execution is hallucination.

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There is no substitute for hard work. — Thomas Edison

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. — Thomas Edison

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There is a better way to do it—find it. — Thomas Edison

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The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense. — Thomas Edison

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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time. — Thomas Edison

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It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

Adversity always hides a gift. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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Lost time is never found again. — Benjamin Franklin

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A silent man is not a conquered man. — Russian Proverb

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Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. — Carl Jung

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The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. — Publilius Syrus

Always desire to learn something useful. — Sophocles

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Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think. — Ayn Rand

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As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface, I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords. — Mark Twain

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Conduct is three-fourths of our life and its largest concern. — Matthew Arnold

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I am fundamentally an optimist. Part of being optimistic is keeping one's head pointed toward the sun, one's feet moving forward. — Nelson Mandela

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Go and wake up your luck. — Persian Proverb

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Enthusiasm…the sustaining power of all great action. — Samuel Smiles

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It is hard to fail but it is worse to never have tried to succeed. — Theodore Roosevelt

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Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. — Horace

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He who has begun is half done. Dare to be wise; begin. — Horace

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Many hands make light work. — John Heywood

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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius

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The one who eats has tasted the hardship of labor. — African Proverb

The day you decide to do it is your lucky day. — Japanese Proverb

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It is up to you to break through. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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What though strength fails? Boldness is certain to win praise. In mighty enterprises, it is enough to have had the determination.

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A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. — Lao-tzu

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You cannot succeed without failure. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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There is only one lasting motivation; and that is self-motivation. Others can inspire us but only you can take action. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. — John Locke

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You pass the test when you do what you say. — Jeffrey Benjamin

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The good or ill of a man lies within his own will. — Epictetus

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Do the best you can. That is what counts. — John Wooden

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Heaven never helps the man who will not act. — Sophocles

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Be great in act, as you have been in thought. — William Shakespeare

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Believe one who has proved it. — Virgil

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Don’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. — Jim Rohn

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Elbow grease is the best polish. — English Proverb

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Work keeps us from three great evils, boredom, vice, and need. — Voltaire

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You don't milk a cow with your hands in your pockets. — Russian Proverb

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Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games. — Babe Ruth

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The sin is to fail to do with one’s life all that one knows one could do. — Abraham Maslow

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We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage. — Theodore Roosevelt

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Success is based on imagination plus ambition and the will to work. — Thomas Edison

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The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work.

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Falling down is not defeat. Defeat is, when you refuse to get up. — Paulo Coelho

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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. — Jack London

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To pray is to work, to work is to pray. — Latin Proverb

The person who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life. — Charles Schwab

You can either take action or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great, but they are so unpredictable. — Peter Drucker

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Well done is better than well said. — Benjamin Franklin

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Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. — Robert Half

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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle, victorious. — Vince Lombardi

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. — Abraham Lincoln

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Happy in that we are not over happy. — William Shakespeare

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