Words of Wisdom: Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell was an American inventor most famous for inventing the telephone.  Here are some of his quotes:

  • 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
  • The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion
  • America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men
  • Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself
  • The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world
  • A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself
  • 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
  • Before anything else, preparation is the key to success
  • Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids
  • Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open
  • 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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Posted by DDFD at 8/14/2009 8:55 PM
Categories: Self Improvement, Words of Wisdom, Personal Philosophy
Tags: Self Improvement Quotes Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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