Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

"A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself."
-Alexander Graham Bell

"Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open."
-Alexander Graham Bell in Opportunity quotes.

"The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. It is the man who carefully advances step by step, with his mind becoming wider and wider - and progressively better able to grasp any theme or situation -."
-Alexander Graham Bell in Success quotes.

"The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world."
-Alexander Graham Bell

"America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men."
-Alexander Graham Bell

"Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires."
-Alexander Graham Bell in Desire quotes.

"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 myself."
-Alexander Graham Bell

"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."
-Alexander Graham Bell in Opportunity quotes.

"When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
-Alexander Graham Bell