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More Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell
Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
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.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.
First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you.
The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.
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.
When one door closes, another one opens.
You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.
