Alexander Graham Bell

“The final result of all research is not objectivity, but the development of a certain intimacy with the material.”

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”

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

“The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.”

“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.”

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

“You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth.”

“The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.”

“Mr. Watson—Come here—I want to see you.”

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”

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

“Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something that you have never seen before.”

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

“The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea.”

“Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone.”

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

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