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Alexander Graham Bell Art Quotes - (7 quotes)

Alexander Graham Bell - From the Ambition category:

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)

Alexander Graham Bell - From the Concentration category:

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

Alexander Graham Bell - From the Humanity category:

Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires. (Alexander Graham Bell)

Alexander Graham Bell - From the Opportunity category:

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)

Alexander Graham Bell - From the Power category:

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it. (Alexander Graham Bell)

Alexander Graham Bell - From the Preparation category:

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. (Alexander Graham Bell)

Alexander Graham Bell - From the Success category:

The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion. (Alexander Graham Bell)



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