Lubbock Quotes

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety. — John Lubbock

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. — John Lubbock

A crowd is not necessarily company, but neither need it necessarily prevent thought or disturb peace of mind. — John Lubbock

Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose. — John Lubbock

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

However vexed you may be overnight, things will often look very different in the morning. — John Lubbock

We must be careful what we read, and not, like the sailors of Ulysses, take bags of wind for sacks of treasure. — John Lubbock

A man who is not a good friend to himself cannot be so to any one else. — John Lubbock

The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself. — Percy Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

To render ourselves insensible to pain we must forfeit also the possibilities of happiness. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned it. — John Lubbock

Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances. — John Lubbock

How little our libraries cost us as compared with our liquor cellars. — John Lubbock

Time is a trust, and for every minute of it you will have to account. — John Lubbock

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

Rest is by no means a waste of time. — John Lubbock

Cultivate all your faculties; you must either use them or lose them — John Lubbock

If you have the least doubt about it, do not marry. — John Lubbock

Our duty is to believe that for which we have sufficient evidence, and to suspend our judgment when we have not. — John Lubbock

The veil is slowly rising, but as regards innumerable questions we must be content to remain in ignorance. — John Lubbock

We profit little by books we do not enjoy. — John Lubbock

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace. — John Lubbock

The Vietnam War was happening, but Lubbock was ... They put a pinch on it. — Bob Livingston

A wise system of education will at least teach us how little man yet knows, how much he has still to learn. — John Lubbock

Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven. — John Lubbock

It always seems to be raining harder than it really is when you look at the weather through the window. — John Lubbock

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. — John Lubbock

Many a blessing has been recognized too late. — John Lubbock

Life is not to live merely, but to live well. — Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

Exercise of the muscles keeps the body in health, and exercise of the brain brings peace of mind. — John Lubbock

It is not enough to love those who are near and dear to us. We must also show them that we do so. — Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it. — John Lubbock

Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life. — John Lubbock

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as that every child should be given the wish to learn. — John Lubbock

Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

We must become lighter beings. — Tom Lubbock

We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

Do not lay things too much to heart. No one is ever really beaten unless he is discouraged. — John Lubbock

I was flying back from Lubbock and I saw Jesus on the plane, or maybe it was Elvis. You know, they kind of look the same. — Don Henley

Reading and writing, arithmetic and grammar do not constitute education, any more than a knife, fork and spoon constitute a dinner. — John Lubbock

Many of the greatest men have owed their success to industry rather than to cleverness. — John Lubbock

Do what you will, only do something. — John Lubbock

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. — John Lubbock

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble. — John Lubbock

There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist — John Lubbock

A Cheerful friend is like a sunny day, which sheds its brightness on all around. — John Lubbock

If we succeed in giving the love of learning, the learning itself is sure to follow. — John Lubbock