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 do not see the one which has opened for us.
Alexander Graham Bell

Long, Another, Often

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Alexander Graham Bell

Success, Before, Else

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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.
Alexander Graham Bell

Long, Sometimes, Door

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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.
Alexander Graham Bell

Work, Focus, Thoughts

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

Power, Mind, Cannot

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
Alexander Graham Bell

Makes, Himself, Born

America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.
Alexander Graham Bell

Men, Greatest, Country

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.
Alexander Graham Bell

Great, May, Others

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.
Alexander Graham Bell

Control, Nation, Air

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
Alexander Graham Bell

Against, Nor, Army

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

Success, Men, Successful

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Born: March 3, 1847

Died: August 2, 1922

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