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

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

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

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

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

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

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...

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

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,...

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it has...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.