The best Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell

The best Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (March 3, 1847 – August 2, 1922) was a Scottish-born inventor, scientist and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone. He also co-founded the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1885.

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.
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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

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Anything is possible if you got enough nerve.
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Sometimes the right path is not the easiest one.
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Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
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There is no such thing as bad ideas. Just poorly executed awesome ideas.
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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
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If you give it your all, there's nothing to blame yourself for.
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Sometimes you can do everything right and things will still go wrong. The key is to never stop doing right.
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A dream is only a dream.. until you decide to make it real.
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How others see you is not important. How you see yourself is everything.
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The difference between the novice and the master is that the master has failed more times than the novice has tried.
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Whether a fish lives in a clear stream or a water ditch, so long as it continues swimming forward, it will grow up beautifully.
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The struggles along the way are only meant to shape you for your purpose.
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Each individual has got to look themselves in the mirror and try and see what they can do better. Period. Point blank.
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Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.
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A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
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Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don't give up hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning. Surround yourself with happy, warm and genuine people.
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Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
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Making money isn't hard in itself. What's hard is to earn it doing something worth devoting one's life to.
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If A is success in life, then A=x+y+z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.
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Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen.
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A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.
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Barriers and obstacles are stairs that we take to go up.
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Life is too short to work so hard.
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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
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You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening - everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, 'I did that'.
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Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
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'Difficulty' is the name of an ancient tool that was created to define who we are.
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Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.
Matthew - 20, 26-27
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There is time for work, and time for love. That leaves no other time.
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The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.
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Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I'm not there, I go to work.
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It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.
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Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
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One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
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What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.
I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
I quit therapy because my analyst was trying to help me behind my back.
I tried phone sex - it gave me an ear infection.
During sex I fantasize that I'm someone else.
I like to read biographies of authors that I love, like Richard Yates. I also like to see what non-fiction authors are out there. My bible is Something Happened. It's one of the greatest books I've ever read. But if I don't read a Dostoevsky soon I'm going to kill myself.
For 45 years I've worked without an audience.

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