Quotes by Alexander Graham Bell
Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfilment of animal desires.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.
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.
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.
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.