1. “The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.”
2. “Sometime we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.”
3. “The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.”
4. “A man’s own judgement should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself.”
5. “Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought top focus.”
6. “God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut.”
7. “The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.”
8. “Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do, you will be certain to find something you have never seen before.”
9. “Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.”
10. “With every door that closes a new one opens.”
11. “A man’s own judgement should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself.”
12. “Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”
13. “Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.”
14. “The most successful men the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.”
15. “Man is an animal which, alone among the animals, refuses to be satisfied by the fulfillment of animal desires.”
16. “Educate the masses, elevate their standard of intelligence, and you will certainly have a successful nation.”
17. “A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.”
18. “You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.”
19. “After innumerable failures I finally uncovered the principle for which I was searching, and I was astounded at its simplicity.”
20. “The day will come when the man at the telephone will be able to see the distant person to whom he is speaking.”
