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

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.

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

When one door closes, another door opens; but we so often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

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

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.

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.

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 which has opened for us

It is not, of course, complete yet - but some sentences were understood this afternoon... I feel that I have at last struck the solution of a great problem - and the day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid onto houses just like water or gas - and friends converse with each other without leaving home.