One day every major city in America will have a telephone.

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

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.

Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone and following one after the other like a flock of sheep. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.

First words on the first telephone - "Mr. Watson - come here - I want to see you."

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.