Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zelda Thuong calendar 2020-11-28 08:11

Meaning of Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration

Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration American quote

Genius largely depends on hard work instead of an inspired flash of insight.

As Thomas Edison once said, “Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.” Great accomplishments are often defined by moments of creative genius. However, we can’t just wait for brilliant ideas to come to us. We have to put them into action.

You know what, "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration", so please stop thinking that you are not as talent as others.

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Origin of Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration

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This famous quote is attributed to the American inventor Thomas Alva Edison. Edison is first reported as saying "Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration" sometime around 1902, in the September 1932 edition of Harper's Monthly Magazine.

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