If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

Quote by Isaac Newton

Topics: Humility Quotes, Vision Quotes

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined...

The mother is only really the mistress of her daughter upon the condition of continually...

The mother is only really the mistress of her daughter upon the condition of continually...

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I...

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I...