When one door closes, another one opens. Alexander Graham Bell More Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell More Quotes From Alexander Graham Bell 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. Alexander Graham Bell inspirational love life The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking. Alexander Graham Bell telephones able men Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. Alexander Graham Bell congratulations stress success The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action. Alexander Graham Bell differences procrastination action The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another. Alexander Graham Bell starting achievement goal 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. Alexander Graham Bell believe-in-yourself sheep life Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. Alexander Graham Bell business mind discovery Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. Alexander Graham Bell adversity opportunity positive First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you." Alexander Graham Bell telephones technology want 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 Bell perseverance motivational inspirational Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. Alexander Graham Bell procrastination inspiring inspirational One day every major city in America will have a telephone. Alexander Graham Bell one-day cities america 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. Alexander Graham Bell successful perfection ideas A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself. Alexander Graham Bell motivational inspirational life Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, and really big discoveries are the result of thought. Alexander Graham Bell track discovery thinking 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. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization. Alexander Graham Bell men looks ideas God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut Alexander Graham Bell eye path wonder We are all too much inclined, I think, to walk through life with our eyes shut. There are things all round us and right at our very feet that we have never seen, because we have never really looked. Alexander Graham Bell eye life thinking Another discovery which came out of my investigation was the fact that when one gives his or her order to produce a definite result and stands by that order, it seems to have the effect of giving one what might be termed a second sight which enables him or her to see right through ordinary problems. What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when one is in that state of mind in which he or she knows exactly what one wants and is fully determined not to quit until he or she finds it. Alexander Graham Bell determination sight discovery Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself. Alexander Graham Bell teamwork mind discovery
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