What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELLWherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will go on inventing. He can no more help inventing that he can help thinking or breathing.
More Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
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The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
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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!
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Wherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will go on inventing. He can no more help inventing that he can help thinking or breathing.
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I have always considered myself as an Agnostic.
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When one door closes, another one opens.
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Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.
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Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods.
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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
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God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut.
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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.
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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.
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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.
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Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.
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The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.
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