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...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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.

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.

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...

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

Do your best for today. Better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow.

Do your best for today. Better than yesterday, but not as good as tomorrow.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more.

The more I encourage my child to think for himself, the more he will care...

The more I encourage my child to think for himself, the more he will care...

The more I encourage my child to think for himself, the more he will care...

The more I encourage my child to think for himself, the more he will care...

An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good...

An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it...