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

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.

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.

The telephone will be used to inform people that a telegram has been sent.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.

I have travelled around the globe. I have seen the Canadian and American Rockies, the Andes, the Alps and the Highlands of Scotland, but for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all!