John Lubbock Quotes
Top 51 wise famous quotes and sayings by John Lubbock
John Lubbock Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from John Lubbock on Wise Famous Quotes.
We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
A crowd is not necessarily company, but neither need it necessarily prevent thought or disturb peace of mind.
Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose.
Life is a great gift, and as we reach years of discretion, most of us naturally ask ourselves what should be the main object of our existence.
We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure.
Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they are very numerous.
It would be a great thing if people could be brought to realize that they can never add to the sum of their happiness by doing wrong.
In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is wanting.
Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not.
A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn.
It always seems to be raining harder than it really is when you look at the weather through the window.
The veil is slowly rising, but as regards innumerable questions we must be content to remain in ignorance.
Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.
The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
If we are ever in doubt what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
In this world we do not see things as they are. We see them as we are, because what we see depends mainly on what we are looking for.
Be cautious, but not too cautious; do not be too much afraid of making a mistake; a man who never makes a mistake will make nothing.
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon constitute a dinner.
The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty.