If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owning more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.
Plato is my friend; Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
I frame no hypotheses; for whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called an hypothesis; and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, whether of occult qualities or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy.
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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Wonder is the mother of all science.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
Leaders must understand that some people will inevitably sell out to the evil side. Don't waste your time wondering why; spend your time discovering who.
The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
Be patient where you sit in the dark. The dawn is coming.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
Two of the hardest tests in life: The patience to wait for the right moment and the courage to accept whatever you encounter.
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.
Real excellence does not come cheaply. A certain price must be paid in terms of practice, patience, and persistence—natural ability notwithstanding.
With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.
Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.
