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

Quote by Alexander Graham Bell

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

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

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too...

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too...

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully...

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully...

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against...

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against...

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and...

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and...

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given...

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given...

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with...

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn...

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn...

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully...

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully...

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

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

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize...

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve...

Those who believe that they are exclusively in the right are generally those who achieve...

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold...

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold...

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the...

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the...

If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut, and if you extend...

If you follow your heart, if you listen to your gut, and if you extend...