“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up” (“Thomas A. Edison“). This quotation by Thomas Edison illustrates that giving up will not get one anywhere; along with giving up is the loser’s way out. Edison inspirational quote also reveals that mental strength is necessary to endurance and. The soldiers never gave up‚ and they persevered to win the war with Odysseus as their leader. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ Trojan War hero Odysseus exhibits perseverance in the ten years of war and leads his men on the
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great love out of the world. [Oscar] Love was a rare thing‚ easily confused with a million other things‚ and if anybody knew this to be true it was him. He told them about Ybon and that they’d started to dream the same dreams and say the same words.” (Diaz 321) Oscar even in his last minutes of life he kept saying how the love he felt for Ybon‚ as it felt to love someone was.The love that Oscar had by her was so great but he didn’t love himself and never worried about him‚ he need to stop doing these
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Thomas edison wasn’t even close to creating the light bulb. Two Canadians had the idea to invent what many inventors attempted but failed‚ the incandescent light bulb. Henry Woodward and a hotel employee‚ Matthew Evans were neighbors who called themselves scientists
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important: theory‚ practice or combination of both? For me‚ combination of both practice and theory is more important in Science and technology because like in the "War of Currents" when Thomas Edison dismissed the idea of Nikola Tesla using the alternating-current power transmission and later on Thomas Edison cane to regret that he had not listened to Nikola Tesla about it. This shows that practice maybe have a good point in Science but theories could help things out so things would be easier and
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‘’We learn from failure‚ not from success’’ The greatest achievements in life are the ones that are most difficult to overcome. The challenges that require you to give it you’re all‚ and leave everything out there. In life failure has a negative connotation‚ but what most people don’t know‚ is that defeats are actually the steppingstones that lead us to success. Many of us try to evade failure but in fact‚ ‘’we learn from failure‚ not from success.’’ On a day-to-day basis many lessons have been
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different perspectives. In addition I think it is important to look at the overall motivation behind the Spanish conquest. In Bernal Diaz second writing in the book he speaks of the Spanish movement from Santa Maria de la Victoria to San Juan de Ulua. When The Spaniards arrive they have their first meeting with representatives from Moctezuma. According to Diaz‚ Cortez treats the ambassadors very well‚ and it seems that Cortez is quite intended on making a good
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and monarchies. The natural laws created by Adam Smith‚ which characterize the Industrial Revolution in the United States‚ led to a dramatic increase in competition and a transcendence in the rate of innovation‚ it is best exemplified through Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla’s war of currents. Adam Smith is regarded as the father of capitalism due to his work in political economics‚ specifically production‚
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while certainty can on courage complacency. However‚ with both‚ a person can uncover an excess amount of greatness within oneself. Through doubting of the accepted logic of society‚ many have risen to greatness by discovery in the past. Thomas Edison‚ Alexander Graham Bell‚ and Christopher Columbus are all pioneers that led the world to new discoveries on different frontiers. From the creation of the light bulb and the telephone‚ to the discovery of the new world‚ these well-known men of action
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English 101 October 3‚ 2013 All Changes Are For The Better Thomas Edison once said‚ “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” It is a valuable saying and imparts great wisdom. People do not see a chance to succeed because it looks like tiresome work. In other words‚ a person prefers bright and shiny conditions for achieving a goal‚ and in most cases overlooks a really good opportunity. When I think about it‚ it reminds me of a time in my life
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credibility especially after you’ve had a fair share of failures. Edison once said‚ “I’ve not failed‚ I’ve just found 10‚000 ways that won’t work.” But imagine for a fleeting moment‚ even the 10‚001th attempt had failed‚ what importance would Edison hold in our life‚ or how would his failures have helped others? Or‚ what if he continued repeating the mistakes over and over again for thousands of times? None of this would have made Edison the man we know today. The fountain of life can become a river
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