Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell

“ 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. “

-Alexander Graham Bell-

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.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists.

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.

I have heard articulate speech produced by sunlight!

One day there will be a telephone in every major city in the USA.

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.

The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.

When one door closes, another door 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.

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

Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.

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

I have heard articulate speech produced by sunlight! I have heard a ray of the sun laugh and cough and sing!

The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.

The most successful inventor in the end is the one who is best able to anticipate, and to embody in a practical shape, the needs and desires of the people.

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees.

Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do so you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.

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

The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

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

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand.

Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence.

When one door closes, another opens.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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

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