Alexander Graham Bell Men Quotations

Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.

When one door closes, another one opens.

Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.

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 - persevering in what he knows to be practical, and concentrating his thought upon it, who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.

The inventor is a man who looks around upon the world and is not contented with things as they are. He wants to improve whatever he sees, he wants to benefit the world; he is haunted by an idea. The spirit of invention possesses him, seeking materialization.

It is the man who carefully advances step by step...who is bound to succeed in the greatest degree.

America is a country of inventors, and the greatest of inventors are the newspaper men.

The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.

The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.