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…

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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...

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...

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 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.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement

Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

It is always pleasant to be urged to do something on the ground that one...

All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've...

All I ever intended was to make a living at what I do. Everything I've...

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing;...

Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; prepare while others are playing;...

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.

I dreamed a thousand new paths. . . I woke and walked my old one.