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“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.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“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.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“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.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“I had made up my mind to find that for which I was searching even if it required the remainder of my life. After innumerable failures I finally uncovered the principle for which I was searching, and I was astounded at its simplicity. I was still more astounded to discover the principle I had revealed not only beneficial in the construction of a mechanical hearing aid but it served as well as means of sending the sound of the voice over a wire. Another discovery which came out of my investigation was the fact that when a man gives his order to produce a definite result and stands by that order it seems to have the effect of giving him what might be termed a second sight which enables him to see right through ordinary problems. 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

“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

“I have always considered myself as an Agnostic...”
― Alexander Graham Bell, Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude

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

“Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You'll be certain to find something you have never seen before.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Mr. Watson — Come here — I want to see you.

[First intelligible words spoken over the telephone]”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do, you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

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

“Wherever you may find the inventor, you may give him wealth or you may take from him all that he has; and he will go on inventing. He can no more help inventing that he can help thinking or breathing.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Ketika satu pintu tertutup maka pintu lain akan terbuka... kadang kita terlalu lama terpaku di depan pintu tertutup itu.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“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 that has opened for us.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“The inventor...looks 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.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“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.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Geh nicht immer auf dem vorgezeichneten Weg, der nur dahin führt, wo andere bereits gegangen sind.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“When one door closes, another one opens, but we often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the ones which are open for us.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Por regla general, un hombre debe muy poco a aquello con lo que ha nacido. Un hombre es lo que consigue hacer de sí mismo.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“En ocasiones nos quedamos tanto rato mirando fijamente la puerta que se cierra, que solo vemos demasiado tarde la que se abre.”
― Alexander Graham Bell