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.

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.

The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.

In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.

A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.

If someone's being less than courteous to you, I don't think you need to pay any attention to them.

If youre giving love and not receiving it youre not in the right relationship. If youre receiving it and not giving it than you are taking advantage of the other person.

Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.

People saw the Depression as a necessary thing - a chance to squeeze out the excesses, get back to Puritan morality. That just made things worse.

If God has given you the world's goods in abundance, it is to help you gain those of Heaven and to be a good example of sound teaching to your sons, servants, and relatives.

Analysis I take to be a scientific procedure. What I do is creative. It doesn't spring from the same part of the mind.

The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.

Americans have much less holiday, so for them, four or five days away is like a mini vacation, but for us, it's just a long weekend. In Europe, one takes time off more casually.

Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it's 'Beasts' or 'Winter's Bone,' wound up in the Oscars lineup.

Normally, I am a vocal advocate for 'looking both ways' and 'knowing the size of one's own body.' But working, socialising and simply running errands in Manhattan, means I am bound to break my own rules on occasion.

In recent years, the choice of drugs on these reservations and throughout my district has been methamphetamines. It has destroyed the rule of law among the reservation people. It is killing our tribal youth in this country.

And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.

Hope is a beautiful thing. It gives us peace and strength and keeps us going when all seems lost. Accepting what you cannot change doesnt mean you have given up on hope. It just means you have to focus your hope on more humanly tangible and attainable goals.

Samurai culture did exist really, for hundreds of years and the notion of people trying to create some sort of a moral code, the idea that there existed certain behaviors that could be celebrated and that could be operative in a life.

In the 1980s, in the communist Eastern Germany, if you owned a typewriter, you had to register it with the government. You had to register a sample sheet of text out of the typewriter. And this was done so the government could track where text was coming from.

Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.