“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.”

Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.

Observe, Remember, Compare.

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

First words on the first telephone – “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.

There cannot be mental atrophy in any person who continues to observe, to remember what he observes, and to seek answers for his unceasing hows and whys about things.

Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.

I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all!

You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.

The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent.

One day every major city in America will have a telephone.

Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.

Courtesy dictates that we offer fellow wizards the opportunity of denying us entry.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.

Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.

Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.

If you had one shot, or one opportunity. To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?