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 BELLLeave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods.
More Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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One day every major city in America will have a telephone.
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There are two critical points in every aerial flight-its beginning and its end.
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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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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
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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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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
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Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.
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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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With every door that closes a new one opens.
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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 always considered myself as an Agnostic.
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Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.
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The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent.
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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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