A Quote by Thomas A. Edison

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Thomas A. Edison

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Discontent First Necessity Progress

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Thomas A. Edison
American - Inventor
February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

Thomas A. Edison

If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.

David Rockefeller

The splendid discontent of God With chaos made the world. And from the discontent of man The worlds best progress springs.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Oscar Wilde

Necessity is always the first stimulus to industry, and those who conduct it with prudence, perseverance and energy will rarely fail. Viewed in this light, the necessity of labor is not a chastisement, but a blessing,--the very root and spring of all that we call progress in individuals and civilization in nations.

Samuel Smiles

If it had not been for the discontent of a few fellows who had not been satisfied with their conditions, you would still be living in caves. Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

Eugene V. Debs

The history of humanity is the history of human freedom...Freedom is not, as Engels thought, "the recognition of necessity." Freedom is the opposite of necessity. Freedom is necessity overcome. Progress is, in essence, the progress of human freedom. Yes, and after all, life itself is freedom. The evolution of life is the evolution of freedom.

Vasily Grossman

The very first temptation in the history of mankind was the temptation to be discontent...that is exactly what discontent(ment ) is - a questioning of the goodness of God.

Jerry Bridges

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

Mahatma Gandhi

Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.

Madame de Stael

Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.

Berthold Auerbach

For a successful revolution it is not enough that there is discontent. What is required is a profound and thorough conviction of the justice, necessity and importance of political and social rights.

B. R. Ambedkar

Never be discontent with the life you've been dealt, be discontent with the way you're living it.

Mike Donehey

Discover your own discontent, and be grateful, for without divine discontent there would be no creative force.

Deepak Chopra

For Arkansas, I think the sky is the limit, but I think we are going to have to fight the urge to avoid risks. We need to look first at where we are as a state. I think, as a state, we have made progress over the years, but there are two kinds of progress: absolute progress and relative progress.