If You Think You Can Or Cannot

Unless You Have Courage, A Courage That Keeps You Going, Always Going, No Matter What Happens, There Is No Certainty Of Success. It Is Really An Endurance Race.

Mr Edison Gave America Just What Was Needed At That Moment In History. They Say That When People Think Of Me, They Think Of My Assembly Line. Mr. Edison, You Built An Assembly Line Which Brought Together The Genius Of Invention, Science And Industry.

The High Wage Begins Down In The Shop. If It Is Not Created There It Cannot Get Into Pay Envelopes. There Will Never Be A System Invented Which Will Do Away With The Necessity For Work.

As A Young Man, I Was Very Interested In How People Lived In Earlier Times; How They Got From Place To Place, Lighted Their Homes, Cooked Their Meals And So On. So I Went To The History Books. Well, I Could Find Out All About Kings And Presidents; But I Could Learn Nothing Of Their Everyday Lives. So I Decided That History Is Bunk.

In My Mind Nothing Is More Abhorrent Than A Life Of Ease. None Of Us Has Any Right To Ease. There Is No Place In Civilization For The Idler.