Quote by Thomas Alva Edison

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to def

Summary

This quote suggests that to achieve true genius, only one percent is attributed to natural brilliance or inspiration, while the remaining ninety-nine percent is credited to hard work and dedication. It emphasizes the importance of putting in effort and exerting oneself to achieve excellence, implying that success is primarily a result of perseverance and determined labor rather than relying solely on innate talent.

Topics

By Thomas Alva Edison

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anythi

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concen

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Even the weak become strong when they are united.

Friedrich von Schiller

We're going to be focusing our science on things that will t

We're going to be focusing our science on things that will take us farther and longer into space. For many of those experiments, the crew members are human guinea pigs, which is fine; that's part of my job. I don't mind being a human guinea pig.

John L. Phillips

But I am just as appalled that my experience, knowledge, ded

But I am just as appalled that my experience, knowledge, dedication and service relative to defending the United States against biological warfare has been turned against me in connection with the search for the anthrax killer.

The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a lau

The way you deal with a scare is the way you deal with a laugh. The timing has to be perfect. When you're dealing with fear or laughter - emotions that happen spontaneously - you hope it's working. But in the moment, you really have no idea.

It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is

It is the business of the very few to be independent; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it, even with the best right, but without being OBLIGED to do so, proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring beyond measure. He enters into a labyrinth, he multiplies a thousandfold the dangers which life in itself already brings with it; not the least of which is that no one can see how and where he loses his way, becomes isolated, and is torn piecemeal by some minotaur of conscience. Supposing such a one comes to grief, it is so far from the comprehension of men that they neither feel it, nor sympathize with it. And he cannot any longer go back! He cannot even go back again to the sympathy of men!

Friedrich Nietzsche

Independence Individual Independent

For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imaginatio

For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning. Imagination, producing new metaphors or revivifying old, is not the cause of truth, but its condition.

Imagination Truth

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

I'm just a musical prostitute, my dear.

Freddie Mercury

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing. The rest is mere sheep-herding.

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I ha

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany that they weren't paying me for my acting, for God's sake, but to own me. And from then on, it became clear and an awful lot easier to deal with.

To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live

To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. To live without sin is the dream of an angel. Everything terrestrial is subject to sin. Sin is a gravitation.

Angels Sin Les Miserables Victor Hugo