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.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

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

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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.

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

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

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

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 most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

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

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

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.

When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don’t see the one that has opened for us.

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.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The suns rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.

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.

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 that has opened for us.

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with -- a man is what he makes of himself.

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.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with, a man is what he makes himself.

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

The great advantage [the telephone] possesses over every other form of electrical apparatus consists in the fact that it requires no skill to operate the instrument.

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

Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia.

Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges.

Let us work toward greater cooperation with all Caribbean Countries, whether we speak English, Dutch, French or Spanish, whether we are independent or not, and whether we be island or continental territories.

I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology.

The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress.

My opinion on who's wrong or who's right has nothing to do with the fact that we have to bring together people who are against each other, to transform antagonism into cooperation.

Medical physicists work in cooperation with doctors. A few medical physicists devote their time to research and teaching. A few get involved with administrative duties.

At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.

We will host the Asean summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how Asean can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation.

We have actively sought and are actively seeking to make the United Nations an effective instrument of international cooperation.

I think there has been a lack of full cooperation from too many people in the Muslim community.

We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government.

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.

One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world.

I would like to say that no man ever was given finer cooperation than that given me by President Truman.

With Animal Factory you'd think that because it's mostly interiors, you could shoot it anywhere. So we shot this in Philadelphia, and we had the cooperation of the prison system.

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.

To all those who walk the path of human cooperation war must appear loathsome and inhuman.

This legislation confronts the human truth that the need for clean water knows no borders, and proper management and intervention can be a currency for peace and international cooperation.

I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough.

This project would not only open up venues of cooperation in the oil and gas sector between the member countries but also help bring the people of regional countries together.