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Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish
Inventor
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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.
Alexander Graham Bell,
Scottish
Inventor
#Open
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,
Scottish
Inventor
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,
Scottish
Inventor
#State
#Man
#Power
#Mind
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
Alexander Graham Bell,
Scottish
Inventor
#Success
#Successful
#End
#Result
#Men
Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
Alexander Graham Bell,
Scottish
Inventor
#Protection
#Army
#Navy
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Alexander Graham Bell,
Scottish
Inventor
#Work
#Focus
#Sun
#Thoughts
Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Alexander Graham Bell,
Scottish
Inventor
#Success
#Preparation
#Key
America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
Alexander Graham Bell,
Scottish
Inventor
#Country
#Men
#America
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,
Scottish
Inventor
#Man
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,
Scottish
Inventor
#May
#Cooperation
#Credit
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
Alexander Graham Bell,
Scottish
Inventor
#Will
#World
#Control
#Nation