Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration

Great accomplishments depend not so much on ingenuity as on hard work. This is a saying of the American inventor Thomas Edison.

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Adapt Thomas Edison's Edison's belief that “genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration”, and make a plan.

Browse