Alexander Graham Bell

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."

"Every person has genius within them. The task is to discover it and develop it."

"Love is patient, love is kind. Love is the foundation of all human connection."

"Fear is the enemy of progress. Face your fears and you will find your courage."

"The true measure of success is not wealth or fame, but the positive impact you have on others."

"When we work together, we accomplish far more than when we work alone."

"The path to wisdom is paved with humility. The moment you think you know everything, you stop learning."

"The inventor looks upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to know why things are as they are and how they may be made better."

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."

"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."

"Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be sure to find something that you have never seen before."

"When one door closes another opens; but we so often look with regret upon the closed door that we do not see the ones open for us."

"The true inventor is not content to imagine improvements; he must realize them in material form."

"Avoid like the plague a clinging, grasping, cynical despair. It can destroy you more effectively than any enemy."

"The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion."

"Recognition of the public's right to information is the foundation of democracy."

"Man can live and satisfy all his wants and establish a civilization with the aid of his brain alone."

"Your life is shaped by the questions you ask and the decisions you make."

"Believe in the invisible world, for within it lies the source of all visible things."

"The patent system protects the fruit of human ingenuity and encourages further invention."

"Music is the companion of my solitude and the balm of my soul."

"To live greatly, we must develop the capacity to face trial and misfortune with serenity."

"The development of a new method or improved apparatus must be preceded by long development work."

"When we are angry or depressed in the knowledge that we are not the only unhappy person in the world, the irritation of our unhappiness is considerably diminished."

"Do not call it failure. Call it tuition."

"The telephone receiver was practically a slave to his ear during the greater part of his waking hours."

"Nature never wears the same expression twice, for her resources are inexhaustible."

"The path upward is narrow and steep, but those who travel it find peace of mind."

"Greatness does not consist in holding some office. You will be a failure unless you educate yourself."

"The only difference between successful people and others is how they use their time."