A man's own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself. Alexander Graham Bell More Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell More Quotes From Alexander Graham Bell 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 teamworkminddiscovery America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men. Alexander Graham Bell mencountryamerica 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. Alexander Graham Bell woodstrackcertain The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. Alexander Graham Bell endssuccessmen 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. Alexander Graham Bell breathinggivingthinking 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. Alexander Graham Bell personsanswersremember One day there will be a telephone in every major city in the USA Alexander Graham Bell usaone-daycities It is the man who carefully advances step by step...who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree. Alexander Graham Bell degreessucceedmen Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought. Alexander Graham Bell aidsquietnight Observe, Remember, Compare. Alexander Graham Bell compareremember 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! Alexander Graham Bell scotlandcapessimple With every door that closes a new one opens. Alexander Graham Bell doors What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists. Alexander Graham Bell determinationspiritualpositive The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent. Alexander Graham Bell telephonesusedpeople I have heard articulate speech produced by sunlight I have heard a ray of the sun laugh and cough and sing! … I have been able to hear a shadow, and I have even perceived by ear the passage of a cloud across the sun's disk. Alexander Graham Bell laughtercloudslaughing Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Alexander Graham Bell woodstrackbehinds Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires. Alexander Graham Bell desireanimalmen The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation - persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree. Alexander Graham Bell perseverancesuccessmen The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument. Alexander Graham Bell telephonesskillsfacts Watson, ... if I can get a mechanism which will make a current of electricity vary in its intensity, as the air varies in density when a sound is passing through it, I can telegraph any sound, even the sound of speech. Alexander Graham Bell densityairsound
