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

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

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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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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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God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut.

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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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Observe, Remember, Compare.

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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