Guglielmo Marconi

Perseverance is the key to success.

The impossible is often the untried.

I never started a project without believing it could be done.

I have always been a man of action.

The wireless telegraph is not a discovery, but a development. It is the application of known principles to a new purpose.

I have been accused of being a charlatan. I am not. I am a man who has simply applied the laws of nature.

The coming of the wireless era will make war impossible, because it will make it ridiculous.

I did not invent the wheel, but I put it on a new road.

The public is always ready to accept something new, provided it is not too new.

My greatest difficulty has been to convince people that what I was doing was not magic.

Some people have called me a dreamer. I am. But I am also a doer.

The wireless is a wonderful thing, but it has one drawback: it makes it impossible to keep a secret.

I am not a scientist, but an engineer. I apply the discoveries of others.

The future of wireless is not in broadcasting, but in communication.

They said it couldn't be done. Then I did it.

The most important discovery is not the one that is made, but the one that is applied.

I have never been afraid of failure. It is only a stepping stone to success.

The wireless will make the world a smaller place, but not necessarily a better one.

My work is not about making money, but about making a difference.

The greatest invention is not the one that saves labor, but the one that saves lives.