Nikola Tesla Quotes

“they practiced so hard and intensely that it hurt.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“takes curiosity to find your call to adventure, it takes courage to venture into the unknown, and it takes imagination to create your path.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“world’s most successful inventor, and how you too can formulate and realize goals like he did. The secret to Alexander the Great’s superhuman drive and work ethic, and how you can inspire yourself to pursue your own goals and dreams with the same vigor and tenacity. What geniuses like Elizabeth I can teach you about the importance of individualism in your journey to greatness, and how to strengthen your will to break away from conventions, ignore the naysayers,”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Greatness does not come lightly. It requires that you make sacrifices of time, interests, and--sometimes--possessions. The further you move toward greatness, the more greatness demands from you. But all barriers yield to one mythical quality: drive. The will to persist and overcome. To never give up. To never accept defeat.  Few stories better illustrate this better than the life of one of the most extraordinary warriors the world has even known; a man of legendary ambition,”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“An unexpected dead end in one journey is merely an opportunity to set a new course for another. Losing what we have can only do us real harm when we feel we can’t create it, or something equally valuable or compelling, again, and that ability resides squarely in our imagination.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“secure military communications, and even pictures to any point in the world. “When wireless is fully applied the earth will be converted into a huge brain, capable of response in every one of its parts,” Tesla promised.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The article caught the attention of J.P. Morgan, who called on Tesla. Tesla met with Morgan and explained that”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“By the end of his research, Barrios”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“There’s a catch to “combinatorial creativity,” though. Before you can connect dots, you need to have dots to connect. The more material you’re exposed to in the world, the more grist you’ll have for your imagination mill.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Before you can connect dots, you need to have dots to connect. The more material you’re exposed to in the world, the more grist you’ll have for your imagination mill.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Tesla happily accepted, spent half of his cash payment to construct a new lab, and oversaw the building and installation of alternating current systems across the country. He also immediately began research into what he termed “radiant energy.” His studies led him to discover what we now know as X-rays, and how to use them to produce radiographs. He didn’t make his discoveries widely known, however, which is why they would later be attributed to German physicist Willhelm Rontgen. X-rays were the first of several groundbreaking discoveries of Tesla’s that would wind up misattributed to others.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Many calls to adventure are puzzles waiting to be solved. Anyone can apply, but the price of admission is paid in imagination. As journeys unfold, new challenges arise and pressures mount. These successive tolls must too be paid in creativity and ingenuity, as they were by history’s most imaginative minds.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Psychologist Dr. Alfred Barrios conducted research on the nature of genius in the seventies. He set out to answer the same basic question I posed just a page ago: why do some people rise to greatness whereas others don’t? To look for an answer, he decided to analyze the lives of many of history’s greatest geniuses. Were there patterns of circumstances, events, behaviors, attitudes, or ideas that could account for their success? Did the chronicles of their lives collectively hold the secrets to their greatness? He was going to find out.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The invention of the telegraph took the efforts of a thousand, but the last man, who added that final inspired touch, got the credit. When you start viewing creativity as a process of combination, and imagination as the ability to connect, stretch, and merge things in new ways, creative brilliance becomes less mystifying. A creative genius is just better at connecting the dots than others are.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“good artists copy but great artists steal.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“being in the right place (physical, educational, societal, or otherwise) at the right time can influence our destinies as much as anything else.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“clergyman, delivered in some other place, however distant. In the same manner any picture, character, drawing, or print can be transferred from one to another place. Millions of such instruments can be operated from but one plant of this kind. More important than all of this, however, will be the transmission of power, without wires, which will be shown on a scale large enough to carry conviction.” Last-minute design changes were required, however, necessitating more money. Tesla had already obtained a second loan from Morgan, and when those funds ran out, he again approached the financier for additional capital. In an attempt to convince the powerful Morgan to invest another large sum, Tesla explained that the tower could be used for more than transmitting radio signals—it could be used to saturate the entire globe with electricity harmless to living things so that everyone could obtain usable power by simply sticking wires in the soil.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“By 1905, Tesla ran out of money and was forced to lay off the Wardenclyffe workers and shut down the facility. Newspapers decried it as his “million dollar folly,” to which Tesla responded, “It is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering, only expensive ... blind, faint-hearted doubting world.” His malaise couldn’t snuff his imagination and love of his work, however. He refocused his efforts on commercially viable machinery and—in 1906, on his 50th birthday—presented a 200-horsepower bladeless turbine”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The Great Mystery of Genius”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“shag”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The New York Herald Tribune ran a story on October 15, 1911 called “Tesla’s New Monarch of Machines.” In it, Tesla proclaimed that he was working on a flying machine that “will have neither wings or propellers” or any on-board source of fuel, and that would resemble a gas stove in shape. Using the gyroscopic action of an engine that Tesla had built, and assisted by devices that he was “not prepared to talk about,” the machine would be able to “move through the air in any direction with perfect safety, higher speeds than have yet been reached, regardless of weather and oblivious of ‘holes’ in the air.” Further, it would be able to “remain absolutely stationary in the air, even in a wind, for great length of time.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Ultimately, no amount of opposition could stifle Tesla’s creative powers. Enthused by his discoveries with X-rays, he devoted his energies to the realm of high-frequency electricity. Two decades earlier, James Clerk Maxwell had proven mathematically that light was electromagnetic radiation—electricity that was vibrating at an extremely high frequency. In 1888, Heinrich Hertz had confirmed that an electric spark emits electromagnetic waves. Tesla knew that this unexplored territory would yield astounding”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Edison’s efforts then took a turn for the grisly. He began holding weekend demonstrations of the hazards of Tesla’s work by electrocuting animals found roaming the streets. He directed two technicians to do the same, including the execution of cattle and”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The following year, the Pierce-Arrow automobile manufacturer and George Westinghouse commissioned Tesla to develop an electric motor to power a car. The motor he built measured a mere 40 inches long and 30 inches across, and produced about 80 horsepower. Under the hood was the engine: a small, 12-volt storage battery and two thick wires that went from the motor to the dashboard. Tesla connected the wires to a small black box, which he had built the week before with components he bought from a local radio shop. “We now have power,” he said. This mysterious device was used to rigorously test”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“The further you move toward greatness, the more greatness demands from you.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“Michael Jordan didn’t make his sophomore team because he was deemed too short and average to play at that level.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“While some people display innate talents for certain activities early”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“There’s a lesson here. In every field of human endeavor, the more visionary the work, the less likely it is to be quickly understood and embraced by lesser minds.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“group) because when the ages were checked on January 1, you were still fourteen years old. An extra year of play against players younger than you is a huge advantage. Your body becomes bigger, stronger, and faster every day, giving you an opportunity to truly stand out from your birthday-handicapped peers. This extra developmental time predisposes you for selection onto more elite teams, which in turn leads to more ice time and better coaching, which advances your abilities even further.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

“You never know where your imagination will find pieces for its puzzles.”
― Sean Patrick, Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century