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.

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

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The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

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

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

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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!

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The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

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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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