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.

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It is the man who carefully advances step by step...who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.

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One day every major city in America will have a telephone.

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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There are two critical points in every aerial flight-its beginning and its end.

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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.

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

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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.

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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.

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Observe, Remember, Compare.

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