Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELLThe only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.
More Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
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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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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
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First words on the first telephone – “Mr. Watson – come here – I want to see you.”
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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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With every door that closes a new one opens.
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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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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.
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The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
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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.
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Observe, Remember, Compare.
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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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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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