A selected week from earlier in our world tour of quotations.
Our quote of the day world tour is staying in Scotland all week for inspirational quotes. Enjoy.
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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."
- Alexander Graham Bell 1847 - 1922
(Scottish born Scientist, inventor, and teacher (of the deaf)
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Alexander Graham Bell 1847 - 1922
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on March 3rd, 1847 and is of course credited with inventing the telephone. His mother was partially deaf and his discovery was born from his desire to help deaf people.
Alexander had an intense curiosity that led him down numerous paths of invention and discovery including aeronautics.
He died in 1922 age 75 at his estate in Nova Scotia, Canada. Read more of his quotes here...
"He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything."
- Thomas Carlyle 1795 - 1881
(Scottish born writer, philosopher, and historian)
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant."
- Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 - 1894
(Scottish born novelist, poet, and travel writer)
"All men who have turned out worth anything
have had the chief hand in their own education."
- Walter Scott 1771 - 1832
(Scottish born novelist and poet)
"I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose."
- David Livingstone 1813 - 1873
(Scottish born missionary and explorer)
"I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic,
and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose."
- Arthur Conan Doyle 1859 - 1930
(Scottish born writer (creator of Sherlock Holmes) and physician)
"Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with."
- Thomas Carlyle 1795 - 1881
(Scottish born writer, philosopher, and historian)
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