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

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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.

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There are two critical points in every aerial flight-its beginning and its end.

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Observe, Remember, Compare.

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

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God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through life with our eyes shut.

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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.

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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!

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When one door closes, another one opens.

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

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