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

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

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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.

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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

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When one door closes, another one opens.

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

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