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.

Quote by Alexander Graham Bell

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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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on...

The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on...

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health, self-esteem, not its cause

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

To accomplish more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things...

To accomplish more, redirect your mental energy by continuously reminding yourself of all the things...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

The past is over... forget it. The future holds hope... reach for it.

The past is over... forget it. The future holds hope... reach for it.