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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Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

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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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It is the man who carefully advances step by step...who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.

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Observe, Remember, Compare.

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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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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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When one door closes, another one opens.

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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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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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