Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." This is often attributed to Thomas Edison, but it's actually much older than that. It's attributed to Leonardo da Vinci , who began each day by writing out his day's to-do list. He said that if he left the list unfinished he'd be sure not to do any of the things on it.

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