Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

When one door closes another opens. But we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we fail to see the one that has opened for us.

Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone.

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. 'Every time you do so you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. Follow it up, explore all around it; one discovery will lead to another, and before you know it you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the results of thought.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus

Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to se

Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.