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Alexander Graham Bell Quotes

By Simran Khurana, About.com

Character: 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.

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

Achievements: Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists...and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know exactly what you want...and are fully determined not to quit until you get it.

Overcoming Failure: Alexander Graham Bell 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.

Funny: Alexander Graham Bell Quotes
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.

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