The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELLWhat 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.
More Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent.
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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.
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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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When one door closes, another one opens.
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut.
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Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought.
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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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America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
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