More Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell
It is the man who carefully advances step by step...who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.
When one door closes, another one opens.
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.
There are two critical points in every aerial flight-its beginning and its end.
Observe, Remember, Compare.
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you.
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!
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.
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.
