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.

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

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Observe, Remember, Compare.

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When one door closes, another one opens.

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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.

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

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

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

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