12 inspirational quotes from Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the Telephone, as explored by entrepreneur.com.
On the future: “The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.”
On success: “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
On focus – “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to focus.”
On opportunity: “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.”
On development: “A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with — a man is what he makes of himself.”
On collaboration: “Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.”
On growth: “The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.”
On ideas: “You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth.”
On goals: “The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.”
On failure: “The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.”
On risk: “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.”
On entrepreneurship: “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. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.”
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