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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The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

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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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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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

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First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you.

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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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Observe, Remember, Compare.

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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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